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Lost in the woods: Handel's Giove in Argo at the Royal College of Music

By Charlotte Valori, 26 March 2015
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Reviewed at Royal College of Music: Britten Theatre, London on 23 March 2015
Programme
Handel, Giove in Argo, HWV A14
Performers
Laurence Cummings, Conductor
James Bonas, Director
Molly Einchcomb, Set Designer
Galina Averina, Calisto
Sofia Larsson, Calisto
Rose Setten, Diana
He Wu, Diana
Kezia Bienek, Iside
Angela Simkin, Iside
Gyula Rab, Arete
Peter Aisher, Arete
Timothy Nelson, Erasto
Nicholas Morton, Erasto
Rob Casey, Lighting Designer
London Handel Orchestra
Adrian Butterfield, Leader
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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.