6th September

Concert will begin at 09:00 hours GMT

Rebroadcast: Hasse 's 'Artaserse' with Goodwin, Genaux, Hansen and Vistoli from Sydney

Hasse's 'Artaserse' is an opera in three acts to an Italian libretto adapted from that by Metastasio by Giovanni Boldini. It premiered at the Teatro di San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice on 11 February 1730, shortly after the libretto's first setting by Leonardo Vinci premiered in Rome 6 days earlier.

Performers: Vivica Genaux: Mandane. David Hansen: Arbace. Carlo Vistoli: Artabano. Emily Edmonds: Semira. Andrew Gooodwin: Artaserse. Russell Harcourt: Megabise.

Orchestra of the Antipodes. Conductor: Erin Helyard.

Recorded 2 December 2018.