Alcina

Georg FrieGeorg Friedrich Händel
Libretto Unknown author, based on the libretto for the opera L’isola di Alcinadrich Händel

Transform your dreams into reality.

The powerful sorceress Alcina has created a magnificent palace in beautiful countryside upon an island, where she lures lovers into her web of power. One of them is the Christian knight Ruggiero, who succumbs to her spells and forgets about his fiancée Bradamante. However, she does not want to give him up and sets out in disguise to save him. The most charming aspect of Händel´s work is the music, and Alcina contains some of the most beautiful pieces that have ever been written for the human voice. Only a few authors have ever managed to use such exceptional melodic invention in their works, to express such dramatic feeling and, above all, such a deep understanding of that which is hidden in the depths of the human soul. Conductor Václav Luks, together with his Collegium 1704 orchestra, ranks among the world’s leading ensembles specializing in historically informed performance.

Spectators can look forward not only to great singing performances, but also to music performed with Baroque instruments.  Alongside Collegium 1704, French theatres in Caen and Versailles are also partners in the production.

 

Conductor: Václav Luks
Stage Director: Jiří Heřman
Set Design: Dragan Stojcevski
Costume Design: Alexandra Grusková
Lighting Desing: Daniel Tesař
Dramaturgy: Patricie Částková

With Collegium 1704 orchestra and Collegium Vocale

Staged in the Italian original with Czech, German and English subtitles.
Duration: 4 hours, 1 intermission.

  • Václav Luks conducted with total commitment and in perfect synergy with the protagonists; he successfully transported the entire audience to the setting of the early 18th century.

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  • Further evidence of the exceptional nature of the project is provided by the fact that this was a co-production between National Theatre Brno, Théâtre de Caen and Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles Spectacles, with the support of Gesamtkunstwerk Bratislava and the Bohemian Heritage Fund.

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