Händel: Alcina Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Ivor Bolton

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759): Act 1:
• 1 Act 1 - Overture 02:57
• 2 Act 1 - Musette, Menuet 02:25
• 3 Act 1 - Oh Dei! Quivi non scorgo alcun sentiero! 00:57
• 4 Act 1 - O s'apre al riso 04:20
• 5 Act 1 - Questo è il cielo de' contenti 01:55
• 6 Act 1 - Gavotte, Sarabande, Gavotte 03:53
• 7 Act 1 - Ecco L'infido 00:59
• 8 Act 1 - Di', cor mio, quanto t'amai 05:40
• 9 Act 1 - Generosi guerrier, deh! 00:40
• 10 Act 1 - Chi m'insegna il caro padre? 02:25
• 11 Act 1 - Mi ravvisi, Ruggier, dimmi? 00:46
• 12 Act 1 - Di te mi rido, semplice stolto 03:33
• 13 Act 1 - Qua dunque ne veniste / ... lo sono tua difesa 00:33
• 14 Act 1 - È gelosia 04:06
• 15 Act 1 - lo dunque 02:05
• 16 Act 1 - Semplicetto! A donna credi? 05:13
• 17 Act 1 - Ah, infedele, infedel / ... Regina, il tuo soggiorno 01:43
• 18 Act 1 - Si son quella 06:44
• 19 Act 1 - Se nemico mi fossi / ... Bradamante favella? 00:56
• 20 Act 1 - A quai strani perigli / Fuggi, cor mio, ti affretta! 00:57
• 21 Act 1 - Tornami a vagheggiar 04:54
• Act 2:
• 22 Act 2 - Col celarvi a chi v'ama un momento 01:30
• 23 Act 2 - Taci, taci, codardo 01:10
• 24 Act 2 - Qual portento mi richiama 01:43
• 25 Act 2 - Atlante, dove sei? 00:51
• 26 Act 2 - Pensa a chi geme 05:27
• 27 Act 2 - Qual odio ingiusto contro me? 01:21
• 28 Act 2 - Vorrei vendicarmi 04:11
• 29 Act 2 - Chi scopre al mio pensiero 00:23
• 30 Act 2 - Mi lusinga il dolce affetto 07:16
• 31 Act 2 - S'acquieti il rio sospetto / ... E la tua pace 00:55
• 32 Act 2 - Ama, sospira 06:26
• 33 Act 2 - Non scorgo nel tuo viso 00:51
• 34 Act 2 - Mio bel tesoro 06:12
• 35 Act 2 - Regina; io cerco in vano 00:55
• 36 Act 2 - Tra speme e timore 03:18
• 37 Act 2 - Regina, sei tradita 00:34
• 38 Act 2 - Ah! mio cor! 12:30
• 39 Act 2 - Or, che dici, Morgana? / ... All' offesa, il disprezzo giunge L'ingrata? 00:59
• 40 Act 2 - È un folle, è un vile affetto 04:21
• 41 Act 2 - Ed è ver che mi narri? / ... Eccomi a' piedi tuoi 01:19
• 42 Act 2 - Verdi prati, selve amene 04:10
• 43 Act 2 - Ah! Ruggiero crudel 02:17
• 44 Act 2 - Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite 06:11
• 45 Act 2 - Il Ballo 06:49
• Act 3:
• 46 Act 3 - Sinfonia 00:42
• 47 Act 3 - Voglio amar e disamar 00:50
• 48 Act 3 - Credete al mio dolore 07:13
• 49 Act 3 - M'inganna, me n'avveggo 00:25
• 50 Act 3 - Un momento di contento 04:32
• 51 Act 3 - Molestissimo incontro! 01:20
• 52 Act 3 - Ma quando tornerai 04:12
• 53 Act 3 - Tutta d'armate squadre 00:31
• 54 Act 3 - Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana 05:48
• 55 Act 3 - Vanne tu seco ancora 00:20
• 56 Act 3 - All'alma fedel 03:12
• 57 Act 3 - Niuna forza lo arresta 00:38
• 58 Act 3 - Mi restano le lagrime 06:26
• 59 Act 3 - Sin per le vie del sole 00:41
• 60 Act 3 - Già vicino è il momento 01:25
• 61 Act 3 - Barbara! Io ben lo so 02:52
• 62 Act 3 - Le lusinghe, gl'inganni, non udir più 00:42
• 63 Act 3 - Non è amor, nè gelosia 04:46
• 64 Act 3 - Prendi, e vivi 01:08
• 65 Act 3 - Dall'orror di notte cieca 01:55
• 66 Act 3 - Tamburino 01:10
• 67 Act 3 - Doppo tante amare pene 02:50
• Total Runtime 03:12:58

Info for Händel: Alcina

The festival premiere of Alcina at the Prinzregententheater on July 17th 2005 was, like so many other premieres of baroque operas, a highlight of the Munich opera season. Who does not like to think back to "Poppea", "Rinaldo" or, needless to say, "Giulio Cesare".

The production featured Anja Harteros and Vesselina Kasarova, two superstars of the international opera scene. Under the approved direction of Ivor Bolton, the entire ensemble was celebrated by the audience with standing ovations, and no less euphoric was the echo in the press!

"In a beguilingly vocal fusion, Anja Harteros in the title role and Vesselina Kasarova as Bradamante head a choice ensemble which, conducted by Ivor Bolton, enchanted the audience at the Bavarian State Opera with their performance of 'Alcina'." (Die Welt)

Anja Harteros, soprano (Alcina)
Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano (Ruggiero)
Veronica Cangemi, soprano (Morgana)
Sonia Prina, alto (Bradamante)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor (Oronte)
Christopher Purves, bass-baritone (Melisso)
Oberto: Deborah York
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Ivor Bolton, conductor

Ivor Bolton
is one of the most distinguished conductors in the field of Baroque and Classical repertoire; his versatility, however, is borderless.

He recorded a critically acclaimed series of Bruckner-Symphonies with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, whose chief conductor he was for 12 years. Further, he conducted Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd, which received the „best production“-prize by Opernwelt, at Teatro Real, as well as at Royal Opera House Covent Garden.With the Sinfonieorchester Basel, whose Chief Conductor Bolton has been since 2016, he recorded a series of works by Gabriel Fauré. In Madrid he holds the position of Music Director since 2015.

In addition to his leading positions Ivor Bolton is Conductor Laureate of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he appears annually at the Salzburg Festival and on tour, and Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra. He enjoys a close relationship with the Bayerische Staatsoper where, he has conducted a wide range of new productions, most notably Monteverdi, Handel and Mozart since 1994. He was awarded the prestigious „Bayerische Theaterpreis“ for his outstanding work in Munich.

Before his time in Salzburg, Ivor Bolton was Music Director of English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera, and Chief Conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Ivor Bolton has worked repeatedly at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera as well as at the opera houses in Bologna, Brussels, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Sydney, Berlin, Hamburg and Genoa. Orchestral engagements have included the BBC Proms, Lincoln Center New York, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonisch Orkest Rotterdam, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Mozart Week in Salzburg, Wiener Symphoniker and the Freiburger Barockorchester.

Highlights of the past seasons were new productions of The Magic Flute, Rusalka and Peter Grimes in Madrid and Così fan tutte in Amsterdam, guest engagements at Salzburg Festival, along with concerts and CD-recordings with Basel Sinfonieorchester.

In addition to his activities in Madrid, Basel and Dresden future engagements include a.o. his return to Bayerische Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien, Musikverein Wien and Salzburg Festival.

Booklet for Händel: Alcina