Händel: Alcina ( Live from the Vienna State Opera), part 1

Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2011 George Frideric Handel Alcina (Opera in three acts) Watch also the behind the scenes video: For the first time in the history of the Vienna State Opera the masterpiece Alcina by Georg Friedrich Händel was premiered in 2010. The internationally famous British Director Adrian Noble places his Alcina into a framework which begins in the magnificent ballroom of the DevonshireHouse in London Piccadilly. Alcina is a great musical experience geared to the Baroque curiosity. The highlyacclaimed conductor Marc Minkowski and his Les Musiciens du LouvreGrenoble revive Handels music in an outstanding way. Anja Harteros: Alcina Vesselina Kasarova: Ruggiero Veronica Cangemi: Morgana Kristina Hammarström: Bradamante Alois Mühlbacher (St. Florianer Sängerknabe): Oberto Benjamin Bruns: Oronte Adam Plachetka: Melisso Marc Minkowski: Conductor Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Adrian Noble: Stage Director Anthony Ward: Set and Costume Designer Wien