The only way for Essex: Opera Seria's concert Roberto Devereux in London

By Roger Smith, 09 September 2013

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Reviewed at St Andrew Holborn, London on 6 September 2013

Donizetti, Roberto Devereux

Opera Seria

Eric Reddet, Robert Devereux

Rochelle Hart, Elisabetta

Benedetta Orsi, Sara, Duchessa di Nottingham

Victor Sgarbi, Duca di Nottingham

Colin Reed, Lord Cecil

Dmitry Yumashev, Sir Gualtiero Raleigh

Jonathan Ellis, Piano

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Roger Smith

Roger Smith was born in London and studied for BA in Music at Kingston University, followed by an MMus in Music Theory and Analysis at Goldsmiths College. He studied opera at Birkbeck College, the City Lit and Morley College.