Tutti all'Opera: Gluck's Il Trionfo di Clelia

By Julia Savage, 28 June 2012

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Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 25 June 2012

Gluck, Il trionfo di Clelia

Tutti all'Opera!

Nigel Lowery, Director

Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio, Conductor

Hélène Le Corre, Clelia

Mary-Ellen Nesi, Orazio

Irini Karaianni, Tarquinio

Vassilis Kavayas, Porsenna

Lito Messini, Larissa

Artemis Bogri, Mannio

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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.