Orlando review – a confident romp through Handel’s flimsily plotted opera
Sinéad O’Neill’s production is persuasive and Beth Taylor’s performance as Orlando is extraordinary in this tale of unrequited love, madness and magic.
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Sinéad O’Neill’s production is persuasive and Beth Taylor’s performance as Orlando is extraordinary in this tale of unrequited love, madness and magic.
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