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Handel's Orlando given a lively update

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Reviewed at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 7 October 2015
Handel, Orlando
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Conductor
Harry Fehr, Director
Yannis Thavoris, Set Designer
Lawrence Zazzo, Orlando
Rebecca Evans, Angelica
Robin Blaze, Medoro
Fflur Wyn, Dorinda
Daniel Grice, Zoroastro
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Welsh National Opera Chorus
Helen Greenaway, Mezzo-soprano
Nicola Morgan, Mezzo-soprano
Sarah Pope, Mezzo-soprano
Jack O'Kelly, Bass
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