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Porpora's L'Agrippina offers momentary pleasures 300 years on

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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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