Handel's Alcina at the Festival d'Aix en Provence
Alcina; Music by Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685 - 1759); Dramma per musica in three acts; Anonymous libretto after Alcina delusa da Ruggiero by Antonio Marchi, inspired by Orlando furioso by Ludovico Ariosto; Conductor, Andrea Marcon; Staging, Katie Mitchell; Set, Chloe Lamford; Costume, Laura Hopkins; Lights, James Farncombe; Collaborator movements, Joseph W. Alford; With; Alcina, Patricia Petibon; Ruggiero, Philippe Jaroussky; Morgana, Anna Prohaska; Bradamante, Katarina Bradić; Oronte, Anthony Gregory; Melisso, Krzysztof Baczyk; Oberto, Elias Mädler, Lionel Wunsch (Tölzer Knabenchor members, alternately); Actors; Juliet Alderdice (Alcina oldest), Jane Thorne (Morgana oldest), Ian Hallard (Oberto's father and servant), Zoé Aldrich, Josephine Arden, Sarah Northgraves et Anna Martine (servants); Chorus MusicAeterna (Ch?ur de l'Opéra de Perm); Chorus Master Vitaly Polonsky; Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester; Continuo; Theorbo, Daniele Ciminiti, Maria Ferré; Cello, Guido Larisch; Harpsichord, Andrea Marcon, Johannes Keller; Recorded on June 30th and July 10th 2015 at the Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence festival; TV Director, Corentin Leconte (180 min)
