"Director: Jean Marie Villégier"

• Rodelinda - Glyndebourne Festival Opera | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £28.00   |  Saving you £-10.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Handel wrote his Italian opera Rodelinda at the height of his musical powers and it is considered to be one of his greatest with music of astonishing power and beauty. This highly praised production filmed in 1998 was the first ever staging of a Handel opera by the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Jean-Marie Villegier's stylish production sets Handel's tale of royal exile and fidelity in the silent movie era. Starring Anna Caterina Antonacci in a glamorous portrayal of Rodelinda an