Event listing: Handel's Orlando | Smith Square Hall | Thu 1 Feb 2018 at 19:00

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Smith Square HallSmith Square, London, London, Greater London, SW1P 3HA, United Kingdom

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Programme

Orlando (Concert performance)

Performers

David Bates	Conductor
La Nuova Musica
Lawrence Zazzo	Countertenor	Orlando
Lucy Crowe	Soprano	Angelica
Christopher Lowrey	Countertenor	Medoro
Rowan Pierce	Soprano	Dorinda
William Berger	Baritone	Zoroastro

A starry cast of La Nuova Musica’s favorite singers will perform Handel’s most psychologically complex opera, Orlando.

The title role was originally sung by Senesino and we are delighted to welcome back Lawrence Zazzo. The Guardian wrote of our previous collaboration ‘the musical director and countertenor are a pairing made in Handel Heaven.’

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