Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra; The Spirit of Schubert – review

Royal College of Music, London; Radio 3Richard the Lionheart, soldier-king, tyrant and philanderer of uncertain sexuality, has had no shortage of fictional reincarnations but surely none more bizarre or psychologically awkward than Handel's Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra. This 1727 rarity was the operatic highlight of the 35th London Handel festival in its annual collaboration with the Royal College of Music International Opera School. Its last proper UK performance was at Sadler's Wells in 19...

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