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Alcina

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

— ,Milton Court Theatre
Lion's head on a black background

A charming sorceress. A dashing knight. A daring fiancée.

Enter Alcina’s mystical island, its shores a trap for unsuspecting men. The beautiful enchantress casts spells to make men love her - then cruelly discards them,  transforming them into wild creatures or trees or rocks. Alcina herself is tested to the limit when she falls in love with the knight Ruggiero. Under Alcina's spell, Ruggiero has forgotten his fiancée, who arrives on the island determined to rescue her beloved. Will true or fake love win?

Associate Head of Vocal Studies John Ramster directs Handel’s epic fantasy opera.

Tagged with: Classical music Guildhall School Young Barbican

Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Strobe lighting will be used during the performance. This production contains depictions of hanging and death.

Access the free digital programme for Alcina here.

Presented by Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Cast

Georgie Malcolm Alcina
Yolisa Ngwexana Morgana
Samantha Hargreaves Oberto
Shana Moron-Caravel Ruggiero
Julia Merino Bradamante
Jonah Halton (5 & 10 Jun), Emyr Lloyd Jones (3 & 7 Jun) Oronte
Alaric Green Melisso

Creative team

John Ramster director
James Henshaw conductor
Louis Carver designer
Andy Purves lighting designer
Sam Bernstein associate lighting designer
Jonathan Strutt video designer
Michael Rose assistant conductor & chorus master
William Byram assistant director, movement director
Meghan Rhoades, Henry Reavey & Samuele Piccinini répétiteurs
Abigail Kessel intimacy director

Milton Court Theatre

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