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Handel's Messiah opens the Valletta Festival in Malta

By Anthony Hart, 14 January 2014
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Reviewed at Ta' Ġieżu Church, Valletta on 10 January 2014
Programme
Handel, Messiah
Performers
Goldberg Ensemble
Anon Ensemble
Michael Laus, Conductor
Gillian Zammit, Soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor
Clare Massa, Mezzo-soprano
Albert Buttigieg, Bass
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Anthony Hart
Anthony Hart
Anthony Hart, born in the UK, now lives in Malta. He was presented papers for Società Italiana di Musicologia and the International Musicological Society. He a Licentiate of the London College of Music. He has had papers published in Early Music, Studi Musicali and Fonti Musicali Italiane.