Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada
Sunday, 16. July 2023 22:00
Magdalena Kožená Mezzosopran La Cetra Barockorchester Basel Andrea Marcon Leitung
Georg Friedrich Händel
Ouvertüre zu der Oper Alcina
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Di cor mio, quanto t'amai» (Alcina) aus Alcina HWV 34
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Si, son quella, non più bella» Arie der Bradamante aus Alcina
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Ah mio cor» (Morgana) aus Alcina HWV 34
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Ma quando tornerai» Arie der Alcina aus Alcina
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Mi restano le lagrime» Arie der Alcina aus Alcina
Alessandro Marcello
Introduzione in b-Moll aus der Concerto grosso «La Cetra»
Georg Friedrich Händel
«Ombre pallide» Rezitativ und Arie der Alcina aus Alcina
Handel premiered Alcina at London’s Covent Garden Theatre in 1735, at a time when competition between his own company and that of the so-called Opera of the Nobility was straining his financial resources and good humour. And the composer did his best to create a major work of the lyric art of his time, creating one of the most powerful and moving portraits of women of his entire career, that of Alcina. The enchantress from Ariosto’s Orlando furioso achieves imposing dramatic stature in Handel’s opera. Accompanied by the Ensemble La Cetra from Basel under the direction of Andrea Marcon, with whom she has worked for years, and against a backdrop of instrumental pieces that underscore the singing, Magdalena Kožená revisits all of the character’s solo numbers in a challenge that promises to be absolutely magical.