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Not quite heroic: Handel's Hercules at the Barbican

By Charlotte Valori, 06 March 2015
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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 4 March 2015
Programme
Handel, Hercules
Performers
Harry Bicket, Conductor
Lucy Crowe, Iole
Alice Coote, Dejanira
James Gilchrist, Hyllus
Matthew Rose, Hercules
Choir of the English Concert
The English Concert
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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.