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Alcina-15 January 1993 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor John Fisher
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Leader John Brown
Cast
Bradamante
Ruggiero's wife, disguised as her brother, Ricciardo 		Kathleen Kuhlmann
Melisso
Ruggiero's mentor, also disguised 		Stafford Dean
Morgana
Alcina's sister, romantically involved with Oronte 		Judith Howarth
Alcina
an enchantress 		Yvonne Kenny
Ruggiero
Alcina's lover, Bradamante's husband 		Ann Murray
Oronte
Alcina's steward, in love with Morgana 		Anthony Rolfe Johnson
The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Harpsichord continuo Christopher McManus
Cello continuo Christopher Vanderspar
Theorbo continuo Tim Walker
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Italian
Surtitled by: Stephen Wordsworth
Durations: Act I: 52 mins, Interval: 25 mins, Act II: 62 mins, Interval: 20 mins, Act III: 46 mins
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 15 January 1993 (in Royal Opera House Collections)