Händel Rodelinda (2011)

Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handels greatest dramas seen in Stephen Wadsworths 2004 Met premiere production Rodelinda is faced with an impossible dilemma With her husband Bertarido believed dead she either has to marry the despised Grimoaldo the elegant Joseph Kaiser who has usurped her husbands throne or see him murder her son But Bertarido leading countertenor Andreas Scholl is alive and eventually reclaims both throne and wifeand makes peace with his enemies Stephanie Blythe is marvelous as Eduige Bertaridos sister who is betrothed to Grimoaldo but turns against him Baroque authority Harry Bicket conducts