Concert Performance
Music: Georg Frideric Handel
Librettist: unknown; text taken from Riccardo Broschi's 1728 opera L'Isola d'Alcina, based on a story from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
World premiere: April 16, 1735
LA Opera previously staged Alcina in 1986.
A presentation of The English Concert
Alcina: Karina Gauvin*
Morgana: Lucy Crowe*
Bradamante: Elizabeth DeShong
Ruggiero: Paula Murrihy
Oronte: Alek Shrader
Melisso: Wojtek Gierlach*
Conductor: Harry Bicket*
Ensemble: The English Concert*
* LA Opera debut
Performance date and time:
Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at 7:30pm
Friday, November 5, 2021, at 7:30pm
Performed in Italian with English supertitles
Estimated running time: three hours, 30 minutes, including two intermissions
Venue: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, 90012)
All programs, artists and dates are subject to change.
Last updated: August 26, 2021
