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ETO's Radamisto: Uneven Handel in Hackney

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“Katie Bray's... incisive singing, scything through the semi-quavers, lifted the whole show”
Reviewed at Hackney Empire, London on 6 October 2018
Handel, Radamisto, HWV 12a, b
Peter Whelan, Conductor
James Conway, Director
Adam Wiltshire, Set Designer
William Towers, Radamisto
Katie Bray, Zenobia
Grant Doyle, Tiridate
Ellie Laugharne, Polissena
Andrew Slater, Farasmane
John-Colyn Gyeantey, Tigrane
English Touring Opera Orchestra
Old Street Band
Rory Beaton, Lighting Designer
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