Event listing: Berenice | Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House: Linbury TheatreBow Street Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Berenice, regina d'Egitto (Sung in English)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Laurence Cummings	Conductor
Adele Thomas	Director
Hannah Clark	Set Designer
London Handel Orchestra
Claire Booth	Soprano	Berenice
Rachael Lloyd	Mezzo-soprano	Selene
Jacquelyn Stucker	Soprano	Alessandro
James Laing	Countertenor	Demetrio
Patrick Terry	Countertenor	Arsace
William Berger	Baritone	Aristobolo
Alessandro Fisher	Tenor	Fabio

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Berenice at the Linbury: Handel meets Gilbert and Sullivan

David Karlin, 27th March

Visual eye candy, excellent singing and superb Handelian playing by Laurence Cummings and the London Handel Orchestra are marred by poor diction and limited acting expressivity.

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