If she can bewitch him she can bewitch you too.
Baroque fans, here's the can't-miss-out performance you've long been waiting for, complete with a period instrument orchestra. Conductor Harry Bicket and The English Concert make their first LA Opera appearance in concert performances of Handel’s thrilling Alcina. Set on an enchanted island with not one but two sorceresses, a flock of discarded lovers transformed into wild beasts, and a young woman disguising herself as a man so she can track down her missing lover—it happens, right?—Alcina offers a nonstop thrill ride of gorgeous music and astounding singing.
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Pre-Show Talk
Arrive early to view the pre-recorded talk by Dr. Kristi Brown-Montesano, Chair, Music History and Literature at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music. The talk will be screened on large outdoor monitors on the Music Center Plaza for audiences to enjoy, beginning one hour before the opera.
"Handel heaven.... Mr. Bicket, leading the ensemble from the harpsichord, drew a lithe, detailed and richly expressive account of this great score from the first-rate players. The ovations were enormous. The audience seemed not just excited but also grateful."
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Harry Bicket conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Harry Bicket conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Elizabeth DeShong as Bradamante and Lucy Crowe as Morgana in Handel's "Alcina"; Harry Bicket (center) conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Elizabeth DeShong as Bradamante, Karina Gauvin as Alcina and Paula Murrihy as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina"; Harry Bicket (center) conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Karina Gauvin in the title role of Handel's "Alcina"
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Karina Gauvin as Alcina and Paula Murrihy as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina"
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Paula Murrihy as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina": Harry Bicket (left) conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Elizabeth DeShong as Bradamante in Handel's "Alcina"
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Alek Shrader as Oronte and Paula Murrihy as Ruggiero in Handel's "Alcina"; Harry Bicket (center) conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Elizabeth DeShong as Bradamante and Lucy Crowe as Morgana in Handel's "Alcina"; Harry Bicket (center) conducts The English Concert from the harpsichord
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Lucy Crowe as Morgana in Handel's "Alcina"
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Wojtek Gierlach as Melisso in Handel's "Alcina"
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- 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

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Running time: approximately three hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions
Performed in Italian with English subtitles
Click here for the digital program.
A presentation of The English Concert
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