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London Handel Festival makes a strong case for rarely heard oratorio Deborah

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Reviewed at St George's, Hanover Square, London on 9 April 2014
Handel, Deborah
London Handel Orchestra
Adrian Butterfield, Leader
London Handel Singers
Laurence Cummings, Conductor
Lynda Lee, Soprano
Katherine Watson, Soprano
Robin Blaze, Countertenor
Owen Willetts, Countertenor
Njal Sparbo, Bass
A triumphant Esther from Cummings at London Handel Festival
****1
La Resurrezione brings London Handel Festival to an uplifting close
****1
Messiah: Reimagined at St George’s, Hanover Square... but not too much
****1
JPYA make a decent fist of Handel's Susanna in the Linbury Theatre
***11
Berenice at the Linbury: Handel meets Gilbert and Sullivan
***11
Ariodante at the RCM: in which technique is not enough
**111
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