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Handel's Semele at Hampstead Garden Opera

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Reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London on 13 April 2011
Handel, Semele
Oliver-John Ruthven, Conductor
James Hurley, Director
Musica Poetica
Kathryn Walker, Juno
Zachary Devin, Jupiter
Robyn Allegra Parton, Semele
Catherine Backhouse, Ino
Tom Verney, Athamas
Bartholomew Lawrence, Somnus
Samuel Pantcheff, Cadmus
Rebecca Moon, Iris
Ed Bonner, Apollo
Martin Musgrave, High Priest
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