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Peter Sellars' reconstruction of Purcell's The Indian Queen at ENO

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“Lucy Crowe and Vince Yi both sound exceptionally pure at the top end of their registers”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 26 February 2015
Purcell, The Indian Queen
Laurence Cummings, Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director
Dunya Ramicova, Costume Designer
Lucy Crowe, Dona Isabel
Julia Bullock, Dona Luisa
Thomas Walker, Don Pedrarias Dávila
Luthando Qave, Sacerdote Maya
Vince Yi, Hunahpú
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ixbalanqué
Noah Stewart, Don Pedro de Alvado
English National Opera Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Maritxell Carrero, Vocals
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