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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. |
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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.
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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.
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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