Händel's Nerone in "Agrippina" - Stony Brook Opera (excerpts)

Stony Brook Opera, Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra & Baroque Ensemble
David Lawton, conductor
Yoshiro Tanokura, scene designer
Scott Borowka, lighting designer
Sondra Stark, stage manager
Ronald Luchsinger, stage director
Sarah Iams, costume designer
Karin Lynn, hair and make-up artist

Agrippina, drama per musica in two acts (1709)
Libretto by Vincenzo Cardinal Grimani (1653-1710)
Music by George Fr. Handel (1685-1759)

Performing material by arrangement with Glimmerglass Opera
Projected titles translation by Kelley Rourke originally for Glimmerglass Opera

The Cast (in order of appearance):
Agrippina, wife of the Emperor Claudio - Kathleen Flynn
Nerone, Agrippina's son - Mihaela Buhaiciuc
Palante, a freedman - Valentin Lanzrein
Narciso, a freedman - Kara Cornell
Lesbo, servant to the emperor - Lars Woodul
Ottone - Myeongsook Lee
Poppea - Jing Huang
Claudio, Emperor of Rome - Orival Bento-Gonçalves
Pages, guards, citizens:
Ashley Wine, Jason Zheng, Eric Chan, NaHyun Kim, Michal Nowicki

The action takes place during the reign of the emperor Claudius.

April 16th and 18th, 2004
Main Stage at the Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook, New York

Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra and Baroque Ensemble:

Flute: Michael Duckworth, Hailey Malbon
Oboe: Sarah Wall, Eun Young Han
Bassoon: David Snyder
Timpani: Dylan Benson
Violin I: Naho Tsutsui, Ryoko Arai, Conrad Chow
Violin II: Jubal Fulks, Jee Sun Lee
Viola: Emily Rideout, Matthew Oshida
Cello: Vanessa Young, Letty Poon
Double bass: Bret Simner
Continuo cello: Vanessa Young
Harpsichord and organ:
Hsuang-Wen Chen,
Meg Cotner,
Tami Morse,
Gabe Shuford
Kelly Savage

(excerpts)
(old recording)