Name: Alcina
Start: 2021-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: LA Opera

Organization

Conductor

Harry Bicket

Singer

Soprano

Karina Gauvin

Alcina

Lucy Crowe

Morgana

Countertenor

Paula Murrihy

Ruggiero

Contralto

Elizabeth DeShong

Bradamante

Tenor

Alek Shrader

Oronte

Bass

Wojtek Gierlach

Melissio

LA Opera

Orchestra

The English Concert

Italian

Los Angeles

United States

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Alcina Händel

Public

English

Approved

Baroque fans, here's the can't-miss-out performance you've long been waiting for, complete with a period instrument orchestra. Conductor Harry Bicket and The English Concert make their first LA Opera appearance in concert performances of Handel’s thrilling Alcina. Set on an enchanted island with not one but two sorceresses, a flock of discarded lovers transformed into wild beasts, and a young woman disguising herself as a man so she can track down her missing lover—it happens, right?—Alcina offers a nonstop thrill ride of gorgeous music and astounding singing.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble