The English Concert; Handel’s Rodelinda

Britain’s premier early-music ensemble returns in its annual season engagement for a concert performance of Handel’s Rodelinda, with soprano Lucy Crowe in the title role. Rodelinda is a story of enduring marital love that remains steadfast through every adversity. Crowe lends her voice to the arias “Ombre, piante” and “Ho perduto il caro sposo,” and countertenor Iestyn Davies fills the shoes of Handel’s star castrato Senesino as the exiled husband Bertarido, with Eric Ferring cast as the lustful and vicious usurper Grimoaldo.