Laurence Cummings directs Academy of Ancient Music and a world-class cast in a concert performance of Serse – Handel’s sensational opera of love and power in ancient Persia.
George Frederic HandelSerse
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummingsdirector & harpsichord
Paula Murrihy Serse
Louise Alder Romilda
Rachel Redmond Atalanta
Rebecca Leggett Arsamene
Claudia Huckle Amastre
Luca Tittoto Ariodate
Thomas Chenhall Elviro
Event
Classical music
Elisabeth Leonskaja In Recital
World renowned Russian-Austrian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja brings her dazzling technical prowess and exceptional musicality to the Barbican Hall for the first time in over a decade.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No 18 in D major K 576
Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Sonata No 32 in C minor Op 111
Franz SchubertPiano Sonata in B-flat major D 960
Elisabeth Leonskaja piano
Event
Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano
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Wagner plunges the depths and rises to ecstatic heights in one of the greatest and most intense of operatic love stories.
