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Weightless, spick-and-span Gluck from Classical Opera

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“a little slice of nothing but was nonetheless interesting to hear”
Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 31 May 2019
Gluck, Philémon and Baucis ((vers. 1769) from Le feste d'Apollo)
Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice
Classical Opera
Ian Page, Conductor
Nick Winston, Director
Rebecca Bottone, Baucis, Amore
Lena Belkina, Philemon, Orfeo
Gwilym Bowen, Jupiter
Kiandra Howarth, Shepherdess, Euridice
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