Robert Carsen’s schoolroom staging brings out all the energy in Handel’s Rinaldo.

The cast includes Sonia Prina (Rinaldo), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Goffredo), Tim Mead (Eustazio), Anett Fritsch (Almirena) and Brenda Rae (Armida) with conductor Ottavio Dantone and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.