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London Handel Festival: A Strong Case for a Rare Handel Opera

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Reviewed at Royal College of Music: Britten Theatre, London on 26 March 2012
Handel, Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra
RCM International Opera School
Laurence Cummings, Conductor
James Robert Carson, Director
London Handel Orchestra
Adrian Butterfield, Leader
Rupert Enticknap, Riccardo primo
Jake Arditti, Riccardo primo
Eleanor Dennis, Costanza
Katherine Crompton, Costanza
Timothy Nelson, Berardo
Edward Grint, Isacio
Fiona Mackenzie, Oronte
Emilie Renard, Pulcheria
Hannah Sandison, Pulcheria
Woodland Tales: Vixen at the RCM
***11
Peaches and Cream: A frothy Fledermaus
****1
La gazzetta dazzles at RCM
***11
Brilliance five ways: Hogarth's Stages at the Royal College of Music
*****
London Handel Festival opens with a tongue-in-cheek Imeneo at the RCM
****1
Monteverdi in Muscovy: The Coronation of Poppea at the RCM
***11
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