The Galloping Soprano

I'm in not one, but two, courses covering Handel Oratorio this semester. One is performance based and the other is academically based. This little video of Bartolli singing "Disseratevi" from Handel's La Resurezione popped up the other day.

http://tinyurl.com/yvt658

One has to wonder if the orchestra leader had any sugar cubes in his pocket. Or perhaps a bag of oats under his chair?