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Alcina
Palais Garnier - from 25 November to 30 December 2021
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Alcina
Opera Georg Friedrich Haendel
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Palais Garnier - from 25 November to 30 December 2021
3h40 with 2 intervals
Language : Italian
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 25 Nov. 2021
About
In few words:
The history of opera has never ceased to be haunted by temptresses bewitching men. Alcina is no exception: she seduces her victims to the point where they forget their own homeland. Is it a risk of perverted love or the delights of unbridled passion? Beyond the supernatural, Handel’s stroke of genius was to portray Alcina as a woman who suffers: profoundly human and touching. The song of the vanquished sorceress awakens a strange compassion within us. Robert Carsen, whose production brought the work into the Paris Opera’s repertoire, plays with immensesubtlety on this ambiguity and the chiaroscuro subtlety on this ambiguity and the chiaroscuro of emotions and hidden desires.
CHARACTERS
Ruggiero: A knight betrothed to Bradamante
Bradamante: Ruggiero’s fiancée disguised as Ricciardo, her brother
Oronte: The leader of Alcina’s troops, betrothed to Morgana
Morgana: Alcina’s sister, betrothed to Oronte, in love with Bradamante
Melisso: Bradamante’s confidant
- Opening
- First part 55 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Second part 70 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Third part 55 mn
- End
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Alcina
Opera in three acts
After L’Arioste Orlando furioso
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Music :
Georg Friedrich Haendel - (1685-1759)
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Libretto :
Anonyme - (adapté de l’opéra de Riccardo Broschi L’Isola di Alcina)
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Director :
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Revival director :
Christophe Gayral
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Set design, Costume design :
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Lighting design :
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Choreography :
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Dramaturgy :
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Chorus master :
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Alcina :
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Ruggiero :
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Morgana :
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(25 Nov. > 17 Dec.)
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(19 > 30 Dec.)
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Bradamante :
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Oronte :
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Melisso :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Alcina (saison 21/22) - Acte III (Jeanine de Bique)
Alcina (saison 21/22) - Acte III (Rupert Charlesworth)
Alcina (saison 21/22) - Acte II (Gaëlle Arquez)
Alcina (saison 21/22) - Acte II (Jeanine de Bique)
Media coverage
Sabine Devieilhe impresses as Morgana
OlyrixSabine Devieilhe's Morgana is a real treat
Toute la CultureMusical delights are also guaranteed with Handel's Alcina, revived by the Paris Opera
Télérama
About the work
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Draw-me Alcina
By Octave
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Imaginarie Alcina
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Alcina, the enchantress
By Aliénor Courtin and Coline Delreux
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