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Queen's dating dilemma: Handel's Partenope at Iford

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“Averina’s strong, silken soprano is well up to the challenge of the title role”
Reviewed at Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon on 4 July 2018
Handel, Partenope (Sung in English)
Christopher Bucknall, Conductor
Christopher Cowell, Director
Galina Averina, Partenope
Beth Taylor, Rosmira
Jorge Navarro Colorado, Emilio
Brendan Collins, Ormonte
Thomas Scott-Cowell, Armindo
Alexander Simpson, Arsace
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