Dinner with Handel - Portland

Conductor - Julian Perkins Handel - Daniel Moody (countertenor) Mary Pendarves - Abi Levis (mezzo-soprano) Francesca Cuzzoni - Arwen Myers (soprano) Gustavus Waltz - Kenneth Overton (baritone) Johann Christoph Pepusch - Aaron Sheehan (tenor) A newly devised opera pasticcio with music by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Thomas Arne (1710-1778), and Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741). Libretto by Stephen Pettitt Musical arrangements and recitatives by Julian Perkins