01 Dec 1999
Alcina
Handel's Alcina. Anonymous libretto, adapted from the libretto of Riccardo Broschi's "L'isola d'Alcina", based on Ludovico Ariosto's "Orlando furioso" (uncredited)
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Emily Magee Floria Tosca
Jonas Kaufmann Mario Calvaradossi
Thomas Hampson Baron Scarpia
Valeriy Murga Cesare Angelotti
Giuseppe Scorsin Mesner
Peter Straka Spoletta
Morgan Moody Sciarrone
Daniel Golossov Jailer
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