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Cut-and-shut Baroque: Handel's Catone in Utica from Opera Settecento

By Charlotte Valori, 18 March 2015
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Reviewed at St George's, Hanover Square, London on 17 March 2015
Programme
Handel, Catone, HWV A7
Performers
Opera Settecento
Tom Foster, Conductor
Christina Gansch, Emilia
Erica Eloff, Marzia
Emilie Renard, Arbace
Christopher Jacklin, Cesare
Christopher Robson, Catone
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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.