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Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Handel: Alcina; Orlando - Natalie Dessay on AllMusic - 2008.George Frideric Handel, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Renee Fleming, Susan Graham, Natalie Dessay, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Timothy Robinson, Laurent Naouri, Juanita Lascarro - Handel: Alcina - Amazon.com Music.Ref. HWV 34: German Title: Alcina: English Title Event: Italian Baroque Opera: Composed: Composed by George Frideric Handel in London; Completed score: April 8, 1735 1 st performance: April 16, 1735: London, Covent Garden Theatre (18 performances to 2 July, end of the season) Revival: - November 6, 1736: London, Covent Garden Theatre (3 performances to 1737.
Natalie Dessay signed her first exclusive contract with EMI Classics in 1994 and, in addition to the recordings already mentioned, her catalogue includes discs of Mozart (a collection of arias and his Mass in C minor), songs and arias by Strauss, works by Monteverdi Bach and Handel (including a disc of arias from Giulio Cesare), all conducted.Alcina (HWV 34) is an opera seria by George Frideric Handel.Handel used the libretto of L'isola di Alcina, an opera that was set in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he acquired the year after during his travels in Italy. Partly altered for better conformity, the story was originally taken from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso (like those of the Handel operas Orlando and Ariodante), an.
Handel: Alcina Box set.. Arleen Auger's Alcina is one of the finest Handel interpretations on disc. The singing is technically assured and her use of tone colors gives us a very nuanced portrait of Handel's vulnerable sorceress. Her competitors, Fleming and Sutherland, don't come close. The supporting case is excellent. Arguments can be made that Natalie Dessay and Susan Graham on Erato.
