Paul Herriott presents Handel’s magical opera, Alcina conducted by Christian Curnyn, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Lisette Oropesa as sorceress Alcina and Emily D’Angelo as the bewitched Ruggiero, together with Mary Bevan as Alcina’s sister Morgana and Varduhi Abrahamyan as Ruggiero’s abandoned wife Bradamante. Ruggiero is merely the latest in Alcina’s long line of conquests: she’s turned all her previous lovers into the animals who now populate her enchanted island. But now Bradamante has discovered the island, on a mission to find her lost husband – and so has young Oberto, seeking his father, turned into a lion. Is Alcina’s hedonistic reign at last under threat? Tune into this production tonight to find out!
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 21st October, 7pm-10pm
