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A concert performance of Handel’s opera featured fine singing and playing
The mezzo-soprano plunged uninhibitedly into the title role of Handel’s opera
The performance capitalised on the dramatic potential of Shakespeare-inspired music
A hall-filling premiere was followed by a sometimes moving, often baffling performance by Alice Coote
Alice Coote’s performance as Hercules’s unhinged wife dwarfed all her colleagues’ efforts
At times, this concert performance of Handel’s opera resembled a sing-off between starry soloists
The bronze-coloured mezzo of Alice Coote is well-suited to the virtuosity and drama in some of Handel’s greatest operas
The English Concert gave a brisk account of Handel’s oratorio under the baton of Harry Bicket
In this skilfully judged performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass, conductor Harry Bicket knew how to rise to the big moments
These cantatas show off Ian Bostridge’s virtuosity and gift for communication
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