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Prom 25: Monteverdi's Orfeo forever fresh in Gardiner's hands

By Charlotte Valori, 05 August 2015
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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 4 August 2015
Programme
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Performers
Krystian Adam, Tenor
Francesca Aspromonte, Soprano
Francesca Boncompagni, Soprano
Gianluca Buratto, Bass
Mariana Flores, Soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor
David Shipley, Bass
Andrew Tortise, Tenor
Gareth Treseder, Tenor
The Montiverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Esther Brazil, Mezzo-soprano
James Hall, Countertenor
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.