大象传媒

Donald Macleod presents Handel's magical opera from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Lisette Oropesa as sorceress Alcina and Emily D'Angelo as the bewitched Ruggiero, together with Mary Bevan as Alcina's sister Morgana and Varduhi Abrahamyan as Ruggiero's abandoned wife Bradamante. Ruggiero is merely the latest in Alcina's long line of conquests: she's turned all her previous lovers into the animals who now populate her enchanted island. But now Bradamante has discovered the island, on a mission to find her lost husband - and so has young Oberto, seeking his father, turned into a lion. Is Alcina's hedonistic reign at last under threat? Find out in this brand new Royal Opera production directed by Richard Jones and conducted by Christian Curnyn.

Donald Macleod's guest in the Radio 3 box is writer and Handel fan Jeanette Winterson.

Handel: Alcina
Alcina ..... Lisette Oropesa (soprano)
Ruggiero ..... Emily D'Angelo (mezzo-soprano)
Morgana ..... Mary Bevan (soprano)
Bradamante ..... Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)
Oronte, Morgana's lover ..... Rupert Charlesworth (tenor)
Atlante (Melisso) ..... Jos茅 Coca Loza (bass)
Oberto ..... Rafael Flutter (treble)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor Christian Curnyn

Read the full synopsis on the Royal Opera House website: https://bit.ly/3VKxRx0