The laureates of the 2021 Jardin des Voix head to Canada to reprise their production of Handel Partenope, Handel's first "comic" opera, in which the composer breaks free from the rules of opera seria.

At the court of Partenope, Queen of Naples, there is no shortage of suitors trying to win her heart: Arsace, Prince of Corinth, seems to have won her favor, while the Prince of Rhodes, Armindo, is desperate. But it is to count without the importunate arrival of Emilio, king of Cumes, who claims that he is going to conquer the beautiful queen with weapons. Whereas Partenope seeks council near the captain Ormonte, the climate of tension intensifies by the presence of a certain Eurimene... which is not other than the princess Rosmira: she is in love with Arsace, who has forsaken her, and comes to seek revenge under this disguise. When he challenges her to a duel and asks her to fight bare-chested, the time comes to drop the masks...

Ana Vieira Leite, Partenope

Hugh Cutting, Arsace

Alberto Miguélez Rouco, Armindo

Helen Charlston, Rosmira / Eurimene

Matthieu Walendzik, Ormonte

William Christie, direction

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