A baroque-style opera about a lovelorn sorceress, staged in a local vintage shop—that's Alcina, a collaboration between Milwaukee Opera Theatre and Early Music Now. Incredibly intrigued by this ...

Ah, the opera. It is an otherworldly experience to sit in a hushed, dimly lit theater, gazing at the stage as a hidden orchestra strikes the first stirring chord. The drama is also a cathartic ...

Handel’s opera is full of glorious music but its improbable plot makes it difficult to stage; Tim Albery’s intelligent production only fitfully succeeds Few will challenge Alcina’s claims to contain ...

When the curtain came down on the first night of the Royal Opera’s fantastical new staging of Alcina, I was of the opinion that every opera production from now on should contain an angry, dancing ...

Handel's magical tale has been given a lively makeover, while Malakai M Bayoh enraptured the entire audience (with just one sour exception) Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and ...

Jane Archibald rises to the challenge as nightclub proprietor Alcina, as this lavish, campy production – with punchy playing by the OAE – transports the action to a 1960s Italian metropolis Theatrical ...

Can this really be the first Opera Atelier staging of an opera in Italian by Handel? You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. We independently select ...

In Opera Atelier’s Alcina, Meghan Lindsay plays a “man-eater,” Wallis Giunta plays a woman disguised as a man and Mireille Asselin plays a fairy who falls in love with him/her. It’s a good thing the ...

For its annual Thanksgiving weekend chamber opera, Boston Early Music Festival this year presented a piece forged in the crucible of opera: Francesca Caccini’s 1625 “La liberazione di Ruggiero ...