Händel: Alcina

Philippe Jaroussky as Ruggiero is in thrall to Patricia Petibon as the sorceress Alcina in Katie Mitchell’s virtuosic production of Handel’s opera from the 2015 Aix-en-Provence Festival, described by Bachtrack as “a night of a thousand delights”. Conducted by Andrea Marcon, this was, in the words of Opera News, “musically … a performance of the highest festival level”.

Alcina - Patricia Petibon
Ruggiero - Philippe Jaroussky
Morgana - Anna Prohaska
Bradamante - Katarina Bradić
Oronte - Anthony Gregory
Melisso - Krzysztof Baczyk
Oberto - Elias Mädler, Lionel Wunsch (members of the Tölzer Knabenchor, alternating)

Musical direction: Andrea Marcon
Stage direction: Katie Mitchell
Stage design: Chloe Lamford
Costumes design: Laura Hopkins
Light: James Farncombe
Choreography: Joseph W. Alford
Musical assistant: Johannes Keller
Vocal coach pianist: Jean-Paul Pruna
Stage assistant: Dan Ayling, Robin Tebbutt
Stage design assistant: Blanca Anon Garcia
Costumes assistant: Clémence Pernoud

Actors: Juliet Alderdice (elderly Alcina), Jane Thorne (elderly Morgana), Ian Hallard (Oberto's father, servant), Zoé Aldrich, Josephine Arden, Sarah Northgraves and Anna Martine (servants)

Chorus: MusicAeterna (Chorus of the Perm Opera)
Choral direction: Vitaly Polonsly

Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester

Continuo: Theorbos: Daniele Ciminiti, Maria Ferré; Cello: Guido Larisch; Harpsichords: Andrea Marcon, Johannes Keller