Dazzling coloratura delights in Handel's Arianna in Creta

By Aksel Tollåli, 06 March 2014

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Reviewed at Royal College of Music: Britten Theatre, London on 4 March 2014

Handel, Arianna in Creta

Laurence Cummings, Conductor

Selina Cadell, Director

Simon Bejer, Set Designer

Hannah Sandison, Alceste

Anna Anadarajah, Alceste

Filipa van Eck, Arianna

Soraya Mafi, Arianna

Maria Schellenberg, Carilda

Amy Cofield Williamson, Carilda

Kezia Bienek, Tauride

Rose Setten, Tauride

Tai Oney, Teseo

Angela Simkin, Teseo

Morgan Pearse, Minos

Bradley Travis, Minos

Matthew Buswell, Bass-baritone

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Aksel Tollåli

Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.