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England

Early Opera Company

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Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 17, God of Hosts, Whom We AdoreAndrew Staples, Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

Listen to Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: Duet. Happy We! (Acis and Galatea) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe & Allan Clayton, see lyrics, music video & more!

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: Duet. Happy We! (Acis and Galatea)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe & Allan Clayton

Listen to Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Aria. Ombra mai fu (Serse) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Anna Stéphany, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Aria. Ombra mai fu (Serse)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Anna Stéphany

Listen to Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Sinfonia. Presto by Christian Curnyn & Early Opera Company, see lyrics, music video & more!

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Sinfonia. PrestoChristian Curnyn & Early Opera Company

Listen to Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: Air. O Ruddier Than the Cherry (Polyphemus) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Neal Davies, see lyrics, music video & more!

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: Air. O Ruddier Than the Cherry (Polyphemus)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Neal Davies

Listen to Serse, HWV 40: Overture by Christian Curnyn & Early Opera Company, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serse, HWV 40: OvertureChristian Curnyn & Early Opera Company

Listen to Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Aria. O voi che penate (Romilda, Arsamene, Elviro, Serse) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, David Daniels, Andreas Wolf & Anna Stéphany, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Aria. O voi che penate (Romilda, Arsamene, Elviro, Serse)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, David Daniels, Andreas Wolf & Anna Stéphany

Listen to Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: Chorus. Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains! (Chorus) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd & Rowan Pierce, see lyrics, music video & more!

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: Chorus. Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains! (Chorus)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd & Rowan Pierce

Listen to Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Accompagnato. Frondi tenere, e belle (Serse) by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Anna Stéphany, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Accompagnato. Frondi tenere, e belle (Serse)Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company & Anna Stéphany

Listen to Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 9, Against These New Alarms by Jeremy Budd, Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn, see lyrics, music video & more!

Jephtha, Pt. 1: No. 9, Against These New AlarmsJeremy Budd, Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

Latest Release

Listen to Greene: Jephtha by Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

ALBUMGreene: JephthaEarly Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

More albums from Early Opera Company

Listen to Handel: Acis and Galatea by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd & Rowan Pierce

ALBUMHandel: Acis and GalateaChristian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd & Rowan Pierce

Listen to Handel: Serse, HWV 40 by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, David Daniels, Hilary Summers, Brindley Sherratt, Rosemary Joshua & Joélle Harvey

ALBUMHandel: Serse, HWV 40Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Anna Stéphany, David Daniels, Hilary Summers, Brindley Sherratt, Rosemary Joshua & Joélle Harvey

Listen to Handel: Alceste by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams & Early Opera Company Chorus

ALBUMHandel: AlcesteChristian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams & Early Opera Company Chorus

Listen to Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno by Early Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers & Andrew Staples

ALBUMHandel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disingannoEarly Opera Company, Lucy Crowe, Christian Curnyn, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers & Andrew Staples

Listen to Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Wigmore Hall Live) by Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Lucy Crowe, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers & Andrew Staples

ALBUMHandel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Wigmore Hall Live)Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, Lucy Crowe, Anna Stéphany, Hilary Summers & Andrew Staples

Listen to Handel: Flavio, HWV 16 by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Tim Mead, Iestyn Davies, Rosemary Joshua, Hilary Summers, Thomas Walker & Renata Pokupić

ALBUMHandel: Flavio, HWV 16Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Tim Mead, Iestyn Davies, Rosemary Joshua, Hilary Summers, Thomas Walker & Renata Pokupić

Listen to Handel: Partenope, HWV 27 by Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, Kurt Streit, Stephen Wallace, Andrew Foster-Williams, Hilary Summers & Lawrence Zazzo

ALBUMHandel: Partenope, HWV 27Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, Kurt Streit, Stephen Wallace, Andrew Foster-Williams, Hilary Summers & Lawrence Zazzo

About Early Opera Company

Hometown

Kent, England

Born

1994

Genre

Classical

Founded by conductor Christian Curnyn in 1994, Britain's Early Opera Company focuses on Baroque and Classical-era repertoire, some of it relatively obscure. The group, which attracts top-flight singers and instrumentalists from beyond the realm of early music and deploys them in new ways, has also specialized in the operas of Handel. In 2008, the company made its debut on the Chaconne label, an early music division of Chandos, with a recording of Handel's opera Semele. The Early Opera Company has issued several recordings, including one of Handel's rarely recorded Amadigi di Gaula in 2022. In 2025, the group released a recording of Maurice Greene's oratorio Jephtha.