Alcina
La Nuova Musica, St John's Smith Square
Music by George Frideric Handel
Libretto by Riccardo Broschi
This was a semi-staged concert of Handel's opera Alcina, mounted for one night only at St John's Smith Square for the London Handel Festival on 22nd January 2019. The arias were sung in Italian while June Chichester's English text was narrated by Joanna Lumley.
La Nuova Musica was conducted by David Bates.
Creative Team
| Conductor | David Bates |
| Director | John Caird |
| English Trext | June Chichester |
CAST
| Alcina | Lucy Crowe |
| Ruggiero | Patrick Terry |
| Morgana | Rebecca Bottone |
| Bradamante | Madeleine Shaw |
| Oronte | Christopher Turner |
| Melisso | William Berger |
| Narrator | Joanna Lumley |
La Nuova Musica
| Director & Harpsichord | David Bates |
| Violin I | Anaïs Chen (Leader), Julia Black, Davina Clarke, Simone Pirri |
| Violin II | Eizabeth McCarthy, Alice Evans, George Clifford, Alice Poppleton |
| Viola | Jane Rodgers, Jordan Bowron |
| Cello | John Myerscough, Gavin Kibble |
| Double Bass | Judith Evans |
| Harpsichord & Organ | Joseph McHardy |
| Oboe | Lesley Duarte, Sarah Humphreys |
| Bassoon | Joe Qiu |
| Horn | Anneke Scott, Joseph Walters |