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The Academy of Ancient Music opens its 40th anniversary season with brilliantly staged L'Orfeo

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 28 September 2013
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Choir of the AAM
Richard Egarr, Conductor
John Mark Ainsley, Orfeo
Sophie Bevan, Euridice
Daniela Lehner, La musica, La speranza
Paul Gerimon, Caronte
Thomas Hobbs, Apollo
Christopher Lowrey, Countertenor
Dawid Kimberg, Baritone
Ed Lyon excels in Monteverdi’s Songs of Love and War
*****
Strong team for a Good Friday St John Passion
****1
Academy of Ancient Music delivers a majestic Messiah
****1
Actéon and Pygmalion: three transformations for the price of two
****1
Academy of Ancient Music are inspired in Handel's Orlando
****1
Sons of England: a fresh look at English Baroque from the AAM
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