Handel's Alcina: Theater an der Wien

About the Event

Delight in the magic of Joyce DiDonato as Handel's misguided Alcina. Along with the famed English Concert Orchestra, a brilliant cast will present a concert version of the opera.

First performed at London's Covent Garden in 1735, Handel's setting of the tale of the sorceress Alcina became one of his most popular operas.

Dramma per musica in three acts (1735)

Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Libretto (anonymous) "L'isola di Alcina" (1728) based on Ludovico Ariosto's "Orlando furioso" (1516)

Opera in concert in Italian

Conductor: Harry Bicket
Alcina: Joyce DiDonato
Ruggiero: Alice Coote
Morgana: Anna Christie
Bradamante: Sonia Prina
Oronte: Ben Johnson
Melisso: Wojtek Gierlach
Oberto: Anna Devin
Orchestra: The English Concert