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Monteverdi's L'Orfeo: The Royal Opera goes Shakespearean at the Roundhouse

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“As a totally new take on an old opera, this was an outstanding success”
Reviewed at The Roundhouse, London on 13 January 2015
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
The Royal Opera
Christopher Moulds, Conductor
Michael Boyd, Director
Tom Piper, Set Designer
Mary Bevan, Euridice, La musica
Susan Bickley, La messaggiera
Rachel Kelly, Proserpina
Gyula Orendt, Orfeo
Alexander Sprague, Apollo
James Platt, Caronte
Callum Thorpe, Plutone
Early Opera Company Orchestra
Susanna Hurrell, Soprano
Christopher Lowrey, Countertenor
Anthony Gregory, Tenor
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