Alcina 2001

Alcina                                                                                                            June 2001

 

Opera by George Frideric Handel

Libretto by Riccardo Broschi

 

Saturday, June 16th 2001, 7:30 PM

Sunday, June 17th 2001, 3:00 PM

Saturday, June 23rd 2001, 7:30 PM

Sunday, June 24th 2001, 3:00 PM

 

Behind the Door

219 Court Street

Brooklyn, New York

 

Kenneth Cooper, Conductor & Harpsichord

Judith Barnes, Director

Judith Barnes & K.J. Holmes, Co-Designers

K.J. Holmes, Choreographer

Isidore Elias, Lighting

 

The Vertical Handel Orchestra

Patrick Wood, Violin

Alistair MacRae, Cello

Daphna Mor, Recorders

Jerry Serfass, Horn (6/16, 6/17)

Ann Ellsworth, Horn (6/23, 6/24)

Justin Williams, Scott Rednour, Beata Degoian, Jennifer Griesbach, Rehearsal Accompanists

 

The Cast

Bradamante: Anna Tonna

Melisso: Timothy Hill

Morgana: Beth Anne Hatton

Alcina: Sungji Kim

Ruggiero: Judith Barnes

Oberto: Melisa Fogarty

Oronte: Kerem Kurkcuoglu

Astolifo, the lion: Val McDaniel

The Inhabitants of Alcina’s Island— Beasts, Trees, Water, and Spirits

Amanda Keil, Miranda Knutson, Alicia Hall, Nancy Behiye Suren, Hiroshi Uehara, Val McDaniel, Bob Patton