Organization

Singer

Soprano

Sinéad Campbell Wallace

Alcina

Contralto

Doreen Curran

Bradamante

Countertenor

Stephen Wallace

Ruggiero

Jane Harrington

Morgana

Bass

Julian Hubbard

Melissio

Tenor

Ed Lyon

Oronte

Conductor

Christian Curnyn

Stage director

Annilese Miskimmon

Set designer

Nicky Shaw

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Tina MacHugh

Opera Theatre Company

English

Cork

Ireland

Everyman

Dundalk

An Táin Arts Center

Galway

Town Hall Theatre

Limerick

LIT Millennium Theatre

Tallaght

Tallaght Civic Theatre

Armagh

United Kingdom

Market Place Theatre

Bray

Mermaid Arts Centre

Carlow

George Bernard Shaw Theatre

Londonderry

Waterside Theatre

Navan

Solstice Arts Centre

Alcina Händel

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Set in a timeless world full of passion and plots, where reality blurs with fantasy, the enigmatic Alcina reigns. Intrigue surrounds this ruthless beauty who spends her time seducing lovers then, once bored, swiftly discardes them.  However, when the handsome Ruggiero is bewitched by Alcina’s charms, his fiancée Bradamante enlists the help of her friend Melisso and disguised as a man, sets out to rescue her beloved.

Deceit, sensuality and seduction pervade Handel’s glorious music with exquisite arias (sung in English) that lament love unrequited and faith betrayed. Considered by some Handel’s last great opera, Alcina delights the first time opera-goer and the passionate fan alike.

Alcina by Händel, From (2009/2009), Directed by Annilese Miskimmon,, Conductor Christian Curnyn, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland

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