“Caro! Cara!” from Handel’s Atalanta | Vocal Arts, Historical Performance
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13-Nov-2022
Atalanta is a three-act pastoral opera by George Frideric Handel based on the eponymous mythological Greek athlete. This excerpt features the Act III duet “Caro! Cara!,” performed by Mary Beth Nelson as Meleagro and Shelén Hughes as Atalanta.
Gary Thor Wedow conducts Juilliard415 and students from Juilliard’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts.
Directed by Ben Seadia.
Performed and recorded on November 13, 2022 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater
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