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Rare revival of the earliest known opera by a female composer at Brighton Early Music Festival

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Reviewed at The Old Market, Hove on 7 November 2015
Caccini, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (First Surviving Opera by a Woman Composer)
Deborah Roberts, Conductor
Ellan Parry, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Anna Devin, Alcina
Nick Pritchard, Ruggiero
Denis Lakey, Melissa / Atlante
Hannah Ely, Soprano
Cally Youdell, Soprano
Camilla Harris, Soprano
Bethany Horak-Hallett, Soprano
Roberta Diamond, Soprano
Nancy Cole, Mezzo-soprano
James Way, Tenor
Joshua Cooter, Tenor
William Bouvel, Tenor
Andrew Robinson, Baritone
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