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Terry Gilliam strikes gold for ENO with a riotous Benvenuto Cellini

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“In Terry Gilliam, Berlioz has found a similarly striking – if unlikely – champion”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 5 June 2014
Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Terry Gilliam, Director
Morgan Pearse, Pompeo
Michael Spyres, Benvenuto Cellini
Pavlo Hunka, Giacomo Balducci
Corinne Winters, Teresa
Nicky Spence, Francesco
Nicholas Pallesen, Fieramosca
David Soar, Bernardino
Paula Murrihy, Ascanio
Sir Willard White, Pope Clement VII
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Chorus
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****1
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