Event listing: Hampstead Garden Opera presents Mozart's "The Clemency of Titus" | Upstairs at the Gatehouse | Fri 23 Apr 2010 at 19:30

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Upstairs at the GatehouseHighgate Village, London, Greater London, N6 4BD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Libretto by Pietro Metastasio

Performers

HGO
Bruno Ravella	Director
Oliver-John Ruthven	Conductor
Dionysus Ensemble
Iain Milne	Tenor	Tito
Elisabeth Poirel	Soprano	Vitellia
Lucy Knight	Soprano	Servilia
Sylvie Bedouelle	Mezzo-soprano	Sesto
Ksynia Reynolds	Mezzo-soprano	Annio
Daniel Roddick	Bass	Publio

Musical and dramatic fireworks abound in the riveting clash between a scheming woman, determined to stop at nothing to secure her place on the Imperial throne, and an Emperor equally determined to be forgiving regardless of the provocation.
Tickets £18 (Concessions £16)

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