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Barrie Kosky breathes life into Rameau's Castor et Pollux at the ENO

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 28 October 2011
Rameau, Castor et Pollux
Christian Curnyn, Conductor
English National Opera Orchestra
Barrie Kosky, Director
Katrin Lea Tag, Set Designer
Sophie Bevan, Télaïre
Laura Tătulescu, Phébé
Allan Clayton, Castor
Roderick Williams, Pollux
Henry Waddington, Jupiter
Andrew Rupp, Grand-Prêtre de Jupiter
Ed Lyon, Athlete
English National Opera Chorus
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