Sensitive negotiations: Handel's Radamisto, Guildhall

By Charlotte Valori, 06 June 2017

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“a subtle acting challenge for the principals, to which this fine young cast rises with aplomb”

Reviewed at Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Theatre, London on 5 June 2017

Handel, Radamisto, HWV 12a, b

Chad Matthias Kelly, Conductor

John Ramster, Director

Louis Carver, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Chloë Treharne, Radamisto

Jade Moffat, Zenobia

Dominick Felix, Tiridate

Margo Arsane, Polissena

Bertie Watson, Farasmane

Joanna Marie Skillett, Tigrane

Elizabeth Skinner, Fraarte

Guildhall School Orchestra

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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.