Strong and stylish Ottone from ETO

Por Charlotte Valori, 29 octubre 2014

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“Conway directs with sensitive skill, picking out the raw human feelings and tortured family dynamics”

Crítica hecha desde West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge el 24 octubre 2014

Handel, Ottone, re di Germania

English Touring Opera

Jonathan Peter Kenny, Dirección

James Conway, Dirección de escena

Clint van der Linde, Ottone

Gillian Webster, Gismonda

Louise Kemény, Teofane

Grant Doyle, Emireno

Andrew Radley, Adelberto

Rosie Aldridge, Matilda

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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.

Strong and stylish: Handel's Ottone from English Touring Opera