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OPERA REVIEW

Helios debut full of promise

By Matthew Guerrieri

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 30, 2012

The local operatic circle of life is turning towards the ancient and modest. Over the weekend, a month after Opera Boston’s self-extinguishment, Helios Early Opera debuted its first full operatic staging, of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s 1688 “David et Jonathas.’’ The production itself was longer on ambition and enthusiasm than polish and spectacle, but the effort and evident talent were good operatic karma for a city that could use it.

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