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Sarah Connolly tops a stellar cast in ENO's production of Charpentier's Medea

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 15 February 2013
Charpentier, Médée
Christian Curnyn, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
Dame Sarah Connolly, Medée
Jeffrey Francis, Tenor
Katherine Manley, Soprano
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Brindley Sherratt, Bass
Rhian Lois, Soprano
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