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Alcina at La Monnaie

Dates: (1/28/2015 - 2/1/2015 )

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La Monnaie


23, rue Léopold
Brussel,Brussels 1000

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Phone: +32 (0)2 229 12 11

Tickets: €12.00 - €125.00

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Like Handel’s Orlando (1732) and Ariodante (1734), Alcina derives from the narrative material in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. The story of the sorceress Alcina, an initially hedonistic, manipulative woman who later finds herself a victim of love, fits into the genre of the ‘magical opera’ with numerous magical elements, but Handel achieved considerable emotional authenticity in his characterisations. This makes Alcina one of the most deeply felt and multifaceted operas. ‘You may despise what you like ; but you cannot contradict Handel,’ said the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. As in Tamerlano, Pierre Audi based this production on the stage at the baroque theatre at Drottningholm, for which he originally developed the directing concept. His set is thus based on the principles of perspective, with wings in the form of painted panels. The result is marvellous modern musical theatre in a historizing frame.

Cast and Creative team for Alcina at La Monnaie

Music direction ¦ Christophe Rousset
Director ¦ Pierre Audi
Set design & costumes ¦ Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting ¦ Matthew Richardson
Chorus direction ¦ Benoît Giaux
Alcina ¦ Sandrine Piau
Ruggiero ¦ Maité Beaumont
Bradamante ¦ Varduhi Abrahamyan
Morgana ¦ Sabina Puértolas
Oberto ¦ Chloé Briot
Oronte ¦ Daniel Behle
Melisso ¦ Giovanni Furlanetto
Orchestra ¦ Les Talens Lyriques
Chorus ¦ Choeur de Chambre de l'IMEP
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