Alcina, Act I, Opera North 2003

Opera North 2003

Opera in Three Acts

GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL

LIBRETTO: Anonymous after Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso

DIRECTOR – Heidi Lauren Duke
STAGE MANAGER – Margaret Kellner
CONDUCTOR – Anthony Barrese

CAST

ALCINA – Ji Young Lee
RUGGIERO – Margaret Anne Helmick
BRADAMANTE – Emily Ezzie
MORGANA – Vivian Krich-Brinton
OBERTO – David Portillo
ORONTE – Andrew Bidlack
MELISSO – Sidney Outlaw

INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE:

Violin I – Kathy Andrew
Violin II – Mary Bonhag
Viola – Marcia Cassidy
Cello – Abigail Fisher
Harpsichord – Louis Burkot