Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica

Por Charlotte Valori, 18 marzo 2015

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Crítica hecha desde St George's, Hanover Square, Londres el 17 marzo 2015

Handel, Catone, HWV A7

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Charlotte Valori

Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.

Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica from Opera Settecento