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La Calisto: Sublime singing saves Cavalli’s work from farce

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 28 November 2016
Cavalli, La Calisto
David Bates, Conductor
Lucy Crowe, Calisto
Jurgita Adamonytė, Diana
Rachel Kelly, Giunone
Sam Furness, Linfea
James Newby, Mercurio
George Humphreys, Giove
Tim Mead, Endimione
Andrew Tortise, Pane
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