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

ConductorDavid Bates
DirectorJohn Caird
English TrextJune Chichester

CAST

AlcinaLucy Crowe
RuggieroPatrick Terry
MorganaRebecca Bottone
BradamanteMadeleine Shaw
OronteChristopher Turner
MelissoWilliam Berger
NarratorJoanna Lumley

La Nuova Musica

Director & HarpsichordDavid Bates
Violin IAnaïs Chen (Leader), Julia Black, Davina Clarke, Simone Pirri
Violin IIEizabeth McCarthy, Alice Evans, George Clifford, Alice Poppleton
ViolaJane Rodgers, Jordan Bowron
CelloJohn Myerscough, Gavin Kibble
Double BassJudith Evans
Harpsichord & OrganJoseph McHardy
OboeLesley Duarte, Sarah Humphreys
BassoonJoe Qiu
HornAnneke Scott, Joseph Walters