Name: Alcina
Start: 2015-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-11-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

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Soprano

Karina Gauvin

Alcina

Sofia Soloviy

Anna Christy

Morgana

María José Moreno

Countertenor

Christine Rice

Ruggiero

Josè Maria Lo Monaco

Contralto

Sonia Prina

Bradamante

Angélique Noldus

Bass

Luca Tittoto

Melissio

Johannes Weisser

Tenor

Allan Clayton

Oronte

Anthony Gregory

Erika Escribá

Oberto

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli

Conductor

Christopher Moulds

Stage director

David Alden

Set designer

Gideon Davey

Lighting designer

Simon Mills

Choreographer

Beate Vollack

Madrid

Spain

Händel's musical genius and the fantastical story from Orlando furioso, the epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto that inspired the opera, made Alcina one of the most popular operas by the Saxon composer (alongside Ariodante and Orlando, which were also inspired by the same great literary work) performed in Covent Garden in 1735.

The story, which has echoes of Homer, features the sorceress Alcina, who draws the protagonists to her island to seduce them and turn them into part of the landscape; it shows Ruggiero and Bradamante's struggle to get rid of the evil witch, and continues to captivate audiences today with subtle metaphors on the illusions created by love and passion. In this adaptation by David Alden, who was making his début at the Teatro Real, Alcina's magical kingdom is the theatre itself, constructed with references to Hollywood, magazines and musical comedy. The seemingly happy ending when Ruggiero gets married to Bradamante in an entirely conventional way in a suburbs manages to inspire nostalgia for the theatrical world where the sorceress reigned.

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Alcina Madrid 2015 Christy Prina Rice Clayton

Alcina Händel

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Teatro real de Madrid - Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli

El director de escena de 'Alcina', David Alden, explica las claves de su particular visión de la ópera de Händel. 
En el Teatro Real del 27 de octubre al 10 de noviembre

Alcina: el teatro como refugio | Teatro Real 15/16

Alcina by Händel, ma. 02 nov. 2015, Fra (2015/2015), I regi av David Alden,, Dirigent Christopher Moulds, Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

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