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Alcina

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Handel's opera about a sorceress who makes Christian knights fall in love with her. (soprano) (soprano) (ten) (soprano) (contralto) (bass) (soprano)
Chorus of the Grand
Théâtre, Geneva; Suisse Romande Orch/Christie

Contributors

Alcina, a sorceress:
Arleen Auger
Morgana, her sister:
Donna Brown
Oronte, her general:
Jorge Lopez-Yanes
Ruggiero, whom she has bewitched:
Della Jones
Bradamente, his fiancee, disguised as own brother:
Kathleen Kuhlmann
Melisso, her guardian:
Gregory Reinhart
Oberto, a nobleman searching for his father:
Martina Musacchio
Source: Radio Times

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