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The very model of a modern sexual opportunist: Mozart's Don Giovanni at Hampstead Garden Opera

By Charlotte Valori, 17 November 2015
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Reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London on 15 November 2015
Programme
Mozart, Don Giovanni
Performers
HGO
Jonathon Heyward, Conductor
Genevieve Raghu, Director
Rosanna Vize, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Luci Briginshaw, Donna Anna
Fiona Hymns, Donna Elvira
Rachel Tolzman, Zerlina
Jerome Knox, Don Giovanni
James Quilligan, Leporello
Gethin Lewis, Don Ottavio
Robert Clark, Masetto
John Suddaby, The Commendatore
Musica Poetica
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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.