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Excellent singing in Aci, Galatea e Polifemo at Halle's Handel Festival

Federico Maria Sardelli conducts Modo Antiquo
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Federico Fiorio and Margherita Maria Sala
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Luigi De Donato
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Reviewed at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: Löwengebäude Auditorium, Halle on 29 May 2023
Handel, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Federico Maria Sardelli, Conductor
Federico Fiorio, Aci
Margherita Maria Sala, Galatea
Luigi De Donato, Polifemo
Modo Antiquo
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