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2022-08-02 07:30:00
Handel’s Alcina - a ‘first’ for Glyndebourne - joins other great Handel gems in the company’s repertoire such as Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo and Theodora
Handel: Alcina - Samantha Hankey, Beth Taylor, Soraya Mafi, Jane Archibald - Glyndebourne Opera (Photo Tristram Kenton)Handel: Alcina; Jane Archibald, Samantha Hankey, Soraya Mafi, Beth Taylor, Rowan Pierce, director: Francesco Micheli, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Jonathan Cohen; Glyndebourne OperaReviewed 24 July 2022 (★★★★★) Italian-born director, Francesco Micheli, brings style and sumptuous excess to Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s wonderful and lush staging of Handel’s Alcina Our correspondent, Tony Cooper, provides a second view of Glyndebourne's production of Handel's Alcina directed by Francesco Micheli with Jane Archibald in the title role. Tony saw a cast that included Samantha Hankey as Ruggiero, see Robert's review of the production with Svetlina Stoyanova as Ruggiero.Handel loosely based the libretto for Alcina on Riccardo Broschi’s opera, L’isola d’Alcina, set to a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia. The original source of the story, however, comes from Ludovico Ariosto’s epic poem, Orlando furioso, the source, too, for such other Handel delights as Orlando and […]
2022-07-29 07:38:00
Welcome to L'isola di Alcina: Glyndebourne's first production of Handel's opera
Handel: Alcina - Jane Archibald - Glyndebourne Opera (Photo Tristram Kenton)Handel: Alcina; Jane Archibald, Svetlina Stoyanova, Soraya Mafi, Beth Taylor, Rowan Pierce, Thomas Elwin, dir: Francesco Micheli, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, cond; Jonathan Cohen; Glyndebourne Opera27 July 2022 (★★★★½)The magic of Alcina recreated as a 1950s showgirl in a lavish production that combined spectacle with performances at the highest levelWhen Handel wrote Alcina, he had parted company from most of the stars of his opera company and had been forced to seek a new theatre. But, ever the practical man of the theatre, he made the best of the circumstances. The Covent Garden Theatre, where Handel gave his next few seasons, was known for its spectacular productions, there was also a small chorus available and for the first season, a dance troupe led by Marie Sallé. Handel would create the ballet, Terpsicore, for Sallé and would include dance into both Ariodante […]
Royal Opera House (The Guardian)
2022-07-09 11:30:04
Glyndebourne, East Sussex; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonHandel’s sorceress goes to the cabaret in Francesco Micheli’s fabulously glitzy production, while Katie Mitchell directs a powerful exploration of violence against womenSorcery’s dodgy magic rarely casts a spell on a modern, sceptical audience, so staging Handel’s witchcraft opera
2022-07-03 12:02:12
Glyndebourne, SussexJane Archibald rises to the challenge as nightclub proprietor Alcina, as this lavish, campy production – with punchy playing by the OAE – transports the action to a 1960s Italian metropolisTheatrical illusion and offstage reality are the dominant metaphors in Francesco Micheli’s new
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