Alcina review – Handel’s opera of sex and sorcery comes alive in vivid staging

This revival of Richard Jones and Antony McDonald’s 2022 staging has kept most of its excellent original cast Lisette Oropesa is imperious and gleaming as the enchantress Alcina ...
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'Alcina' review — this fantastical Handel opera is a wonderfully witty Romantasy romp

Read our review of *Alcina*, directed by Richard Jones, now in performances at the Royal Opera House to 3 October. Read more ...

Alcina, review: This landmark Handel revival is a dazzling win for the Royal Opera

Richard Jones’s entertaining, Oliver Award-winning 2022 production of Handel’s Alcina returns to the Royal Opera, even ...

The Suddenly Popular Opera Ignored for Nearly 200 Years

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Alcina” is long, hard to sing — and irresistible to opera houses and ...

The lion, the witch and the warblers: behind the scenes of Handel’s Alcina at the RBO – in pictures

The colourful and larger-than-life staging of Handel’s Alcina returns to the Royal Opera stage this week. We went behind the scenes on the final day of rehearsals ...