Porpora's L'Agrippina offers momentary pleasures

By Robert Gainer, 22 September 2017

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Reviewed at Barber Institute of Fine Arts: Barber Concert Hall, Birmingham on 21 September 2017

Porpora, L'Agrippina

Andrew Kirkman, Conductor

Daisy Evans, Director

Katie Stevenson, Agrippina

Michael Taylor, Germanico

Katherine Aitken, Caligola

William Towers, Giunio

Jorge Navarro Colorado, Settimio

Raphaela Papadakis, Orestilla

Filipa van Eck, Giulia

Charlotte Beament, Armilla

Marc Labonnette, Planco

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Robert Gainer

Robert Gainer has completed a BA in European Studies at the University of Warwick and an MSc in Criminology at the University of Leicester. He is currently completing further study in English and Cultural Studies, again at Warwick. He plays trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn and his musical background is in brass band and orchestra. In his spare time he enjoys writing fiction and poetry.

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