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Tangled plot, sensuous score: Cavalli's Erismena illuminates the Jeu de Paume

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“Leonardo Garcia Alarcón drew voluptuous playing from the 11-strong Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea”
Reviewed at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence on 7 July 2017
Cavalli, Erismena
Leonardo García-Alarcón, Conductor
Jean Bellorini, Director, Lighting Designer
Véronique Chazal, Set Designer
Macha Makeïeff, Costume Designer
Alexander Miminoshvili, Erimante
Francesca Aspromonte, Erismena
Susanna Hurrell, Aldimira
Stuart Jackson, Alcesta
Carlo Vistoli, Idraspe
Jakub Józef Orliński, Orimeno
Andrea Vincenzo Bonsignore, Agrippo
Jonathan Abernethy, Diarte
Tai Oney, Clerio
Lea Desandre, Flerida
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