Teseo Archive
HANDEL: Teseo (highlights) – Dominique Labelle (Medea)/ Amanda Forsythe (Teseo)/ Amy Freston (Agilea)/ Drew Mintner (Egeo)/ Chorus (Jonathan Smucker)/ Philharmonia Baroque Orch./ Nicholas McGegan – Philharmonia
A spectacular effort—but where is the rest?
“HANDEL: Bad Guys” = Countertenor arias – Xavier Sabata – Arparté
We’ll never know what Handel’s castrato soloists actually sounded like, thank goodness, but Xavier Sabata seems to have the full measure of this music’s emotional range.