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Ian Dickson reviews Handel's 'Orlando' at Hobart Baroque

Ian Dickson reviews Handel's 'Orlando' at Hobart Baroque

by Ian Dickson •
May 2014, no. 361

Hobart is the ideal place in which to have a festival. Big enough to have other attractions but small enough so that the festival becomes a major event rather than just another diversion. A walk through Battery Point, followed by a long lunch at Salamanca Place with congenial fellow festival goers, or a trip out to MONA to wander through the psyche of David Walsh are exceptional ways to spend the day before the next performance.

 


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