Glyndebourne's Rinaldo on Tour

By Nahoko Gotoh, 26 October 2011

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Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 22 October 2011

Handel, Rinaldo

Laurence Cummings, Conductor

Robert Carsen, Lighting Designer

Bruno Ravella, Revival Director

Gideon Davey, Set Designer

Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer

Philippe Giraudeau, Choreography

Christophe Dumaux, Rinaldo

Louise Poole, Goffredo

Christopher Ainslie, Eustazio

Elizabeth Watts, Almirena

Ana Maria Labin, Armida

Joshua Hopkins, Argante

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.