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Home » Composers » German Composers » GF Handel » Handel Operas » Alcina

Alcina

By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)

Recordings

Handel. Alcina. (HWV 34, London 1735). DG-Archiv. Recorded in September 2007 (see Joyce DiDonato's blog about recording Alcina). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Alcina: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Ruggiero: Maite Beaumont, mezzo-soprano; Morgana: Karina Gauvin, soprano.
Handel. Alcina. EMI 7 49771. Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia.Handel. Alcina. (HWV 34, London 1735). EMI EX 27 0388 3 (US: EMI Angel DSD-3985) (4 LPs 1986), reissued on 3 CDs: 7 49771. Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia. Alcina: Arlene Augér, soprano; Morgana: Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano; Ruggiero: Della Jones, mezzo-soprano; Bradamante: Kathleen Kuhlmann, contralto; Oberto: Patrizia Kwella, soprano; Oronte: Maldwyn Davies, tenor; Melisso: John Tomlinson, bass. US | DE | FR | CA | JP

Handel. Alcina. EMI CMS 35861-2. Richard Hickox, City of London Baroque Sinfonia.Reissued on CMS 35861-2 (July 2006). Libretto with English translation available online HERE (pdf). US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Handel. Alcina. Erato 8573-80233-2. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants.Handel. Alcina. (HWV 34, London 1735). Erato 8573-80233-2 (3 CDs 2000). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants. Alcina: Renée Fleming, soprano; Ruggiero: Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Morgana: Natalie Dessay, soprano; Bradamante: Kathleen Kuhlmann, contralto; Oronte: Timothy Robinson, tenor; Melisso: Laurent Naouri, bass; Oberto: Juanita Lascarro, soprano. Annoying performance, with lots of vibrato and extended, shrieking cadenzas. US | UK | DE | FR | CA | JP

Related Operas

Riccardo Broschi. L'isola d'Alcina (Rome 1728). Librettist unknown. Revised for Parma (1729) as Bradamante nell' isola d'Alcina. Handel's libretto is based on the Rome version and includes "unusually few alterations to the London text". (Strohm, page 70).

References

Winton Dean. Handel's Operas, 1726-1741 (Boydell Press 2006).

R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).

Iain Fenlon & Tim Carter (eds.) Con Che Soavità: Studies in Italian Opera, Song and Dance, 1580-1740. 336 pages. Oxford University Press 1995. Contents include: The Making of Alcina, by Winton Dean. US | UK

Links

Le magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Berenice


  

        


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