Handel's Alcina: 18.00 Saturday 2 January

[doversoul1]

Handel's Alcina, starring the soprano Patricia Petibon as the doomed magician and the countertenor Philippe Jaroussky as her love interest Ruggiero, in this tale of magic and seduction, based on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. Andrea Marcon conducts the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and MusicAeterna, in this production by Katie Mitchell, recorded at last summer's Aix Festival, in Provence, France.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Alcina ..... Patricia Petibon (soprano)
Ruggiero ..... Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Morgana ..... Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Bradamante ..... Katarina Bradi (mezzo-soprano)
Oronte ..... Anthony Gregory (tenor)
Melisso ..... Krzysztof Baczyk (bass)
Oberto ..... Elias Mädler (boy soprano)
MusicAeterna
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06v0dnd

It will be good to be able to enjoy the music without being constantly reminded that Alcina and her sister are old women of 70-something pretending to be 20-something and that’s all that matters. And that amazing Oberto is definitely worth hearing again.

[Vile Consort]

Has my hearing gone funny or is there some shockingly poor intonation from one of the singers?

[Gordon]

Has my hearing gone funny or is there some shockingly poor intonation from one of the singers?

And I thought it was me!! They're at it again just now and the audience had the nerve to applaud!! Apart from that it's not bad at all but then it's a good piece.