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

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Organization

Soprano

Karina Gauvin

Альцина

Sofia Soloviy

Anna Christy

Моргана

María José Moreno

Контратенор

Christine Rice

Руджеро

Josè Maria Lo Monaco

Контральто

Sonia Prina

Брадаманте

Angélique Noldus

Бас

Luca Tittoto

Мелиссо

Johannes Weisser

Тенор

Allan Clayton

Оронте

Anthony Gregory

Erika Escribá

Оберто

Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli

Дирижер

Christopher Moulds

Режиссер-постановщик

David Alden

Художник-постановщик

Gideon Davey

Художник по свету

Simon Mills

Хореограф

Beate Vollack

Teatro Real de Madrid

Alcina -  (Альцина)

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Испания

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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