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A Sexy and Spirited Semele

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Reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London on 8 April 2011
Handel, Semele
Oliver-John Ruthven, Conductor
James Hurley, Director
Musica Poetica
Elaine Tate, Semele
Kathryn Walker, Juno
Melanie Sanders, Ino
Daisy Brown, Iris
Andrew Tipple, Somnus
Zachary Devin, Jupiter
Dominic Kraemer, Cadmus
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***11
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****1
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***11
Tragic tears of a clown: Cav and Pag at Hampstead Garden Opera
****1
The very model of a modern sexual opportunist
****1
Slick and contemporary: HGO's Xerses
****1
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