Too Hot to Handel

Armonico Consort
Too Hot to Handel

Armonico Consort Soloists & Baroque Players
Musical Director – Christopher Monks
Countertenor – William Towers
Soprano – Yvette Bonner
Additional Chorus

In its latest staged production, Armonico Consort interprets baroque music for the 21st century with a typically innovative and individual approach. This sharp comic take on a tale of two lovers, intertwines the most ravishing of Handel’s operatic arias with the highs and lows of their jealously passionate relationship. Creator William Towers and soprano Yvette Bonner star with a supporting cast, the Armonico Baroque Players and Music Director Christopher Monks, to bring to life the intricate charms of Handel’s music. The production is in English with music drawn from Xerxes, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Orlando.

Both William Towers and Yvette Bonner have appeared as soloists in the major opera houses of the world, including Covent Garden. There is the option with this programme to include a local chamber choir in the production.  For more information please contact Hazard Chase.

'Rivlin is a deep-thinking young director and her staging was ingenious, often hilarious. The singing duo was a delight… and the playing from Armonico's period-instrument ensemble was of the high calibre we have come to expect.'
Roderic Dunnett, Opera Magazine (December)