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Friars just wanna have fun: Cesti's Orontea with La Nuova Musica

By Charlotte Valori, 15 December 2015
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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 14 December 2015
Programme
Cesti, Orontea
Performers
David Bates, Conductor
Anna Stéphany, Orontea
Jonathan McGovern, Alidoro
Mary Bevan, Silandra
Michał Czerniawski, Corindo
Anat Edri, Giacinta
Sam Furness, Aristea
Timothy Dickinson, Creonte
Christopher Turner, Tibrino
Callum Thorpe, Gelone
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.