Alcina
February 2020
La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina by Francesca Caccini was written in 1625, and is the first known opera to be written by a woman.
The heroic champion Ruggiero is freed from the enchantments of the wicked sorceress Alcina through the power of Melissa, another
enchantress, working on behalf of his beloved, the Christian warrior maiden Bradamante, a member of Charlemagne’s army. Melissa also liberates Alcina’s former lovers (with some of their formerly-beloved damsels), now turned into plants and trees as she tired of them.
Conducted by William Todd Hunt with Director and Choreographer Hali Duran.
Photography by Michael Penn.
The heroic champion Ruggiero is freed from the enchantments of the wicked sorceress Alcina through the power of Melissa, another
enchantress, working on behalf of his beloved, the Christian warrior maiden Bradamante, a member of Charlemagne’s army. Melissa also liberates Alcina’s former lovers (with some of their formerly-beloved damsels), now turned into plants and trees as she tired of them.
Conducted by William Todd Hunt with Director and Choreographer Hali Duran.
Photography by Michael Penn.
