Alcina
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Alcina is a 1735 opera seria by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759).
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The original text
Handel used the libretto of L'isola di Alcina, an opera that was set in 1728 in Rome by Riccardo Broschi, which he acquired the year after during his travels in Italy.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2004: Presented by Cape Town Opera (22–29 May).
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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