Name: Alcina
Start: 2022-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Organization

Dramaturge

Christian Arseni

Conductor

Gianluca Capuano

Stage director

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Paulo Fantin

Costume designer

Agostino Cavalca

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Video designer

Rocafilm

Choreographer

Thomas Wilhelm

Singer

Soprano

Cecilia Bartoli

Alcina

Lucía Martín-Cartón

Morgana

Countertenor

Carlo Vistoli

Ruggiero

Contralto

Kristina Hammarström

Bradamante

Tenor

Petr Nekoranec

Oronte

Bass

Riccardo Novaro

Melissio

Marie Lys

Fondazione del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Orchestra

Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco

Iodáilis

Florence

Italy

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Sala Zubin Mehta

Alcina Händel

Public

Béarla

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Handel's Alcina premiered at Covent Garden in London on 16 April 1735 to enormous success. Two years earlier the composer had had to leave the King's Theatre, taken over by a rival company, to move to the new London theatre. There he gave birth to his latest works, including Alcina , born with the intention of excelling on the productions of the rival company and therefore particularly accurate and sumptuous in the preparations. At Covent Garden Handel was also able to have a corps de ballet, which is why he supplemented the score with dance numbers and choral episodes along the lines of French opera. The anonymous libretto of the opera - which sees the theme of the incantation of love at its center - was inspired by canto VII of the Orlando furioso and byThe island of Alcina, a work by Riccardo Broschi. The sorceress Alcina, thanks to a spell, keeps the knight Ruggiero tied to her on an enchanted island, but thanks to the intervention of Bradamante Ruggiero will regain consciousness and abandon the sorceress in her desperation. Among apparitions, magic, disguises and visible scene changes, the arias of the soloists obviously stand out, the true beating heart of Baroque opera. In fact, for the sorceress and her beloved, the composer created some of the most popular arias such as "Ombre pallide", sung by Alcina or "Verdi prati, selve amene", sung by Ruggiero.

English

Alcina di Händel debuttò al Covent Garden di Londra il 16 aprile 1735 riscuotendo un enorme successo. Due anni prima il compositore aveva dovuto lasciare il King’s Theatre, preso in gestione da un’impresa rivale, per trasferirsi nel nuovo teatro londinese. Lì diede vita alle sue ultime opere, tra cui Alcina, nate con l’intento di primeggiare sulle produzioni dell’impresa rivale e pertanto particolarmente curate e sontuose negli allestimenti. Al Covent Garden Händel poté disporre anche di un corpo di ballo, ragion per cui integrò la partitura con numeri di danza ed episodi corali sulla falsariga dell’opera francese. Il libretto anonimo dell’opera - che vede al centro il tema dell’incantamento d’amore - era ispirato al canto VII dell’Orlando furioso e a L’isola di Alcina, un’opera di Riccardo Broschi. La maga Alcina, grazie a un sortilegio, tiene legato a sé il cavaliere Ruggiero in un’isola incantata, ma grazie all’intervento di Bradamante Ruggiero riacquisterà coscienza e abbandonerà la maga nella disperazione. Tra apparizioni, magie, travestimenti e cambi di scena a vista svettano ovviamente le arie dei solisti, vero cuore pulsante dell’opera barocca. Per la maga e il suo amato il compositore realizzò infatti alcune tra le arie più apprezzate come “Ombre pallide”, cantata da Alcina o “Verdi prati, selve amene”, intonata da Ruggiero.

italiano

Alcina by Händel, Céa 26 Deai 2022, Ó (2022/2022), Faoi stiúir Damiano Michieletto,, Seoltóir Gianluca Capuano, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid