Alcina

Alcina (HWV 34) is a 1735 opera seria by George Frideric Handel. 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. Partly altered for better conformity, the story was originally taken from Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso (like those of the Handel operas Orlando and Ariodante), an epic poem. The opera contains several musical sequences with opportunity for dance: these were composed for dancer Marie Sallé.

For the Romanian commune called Alcina in Hungarian, see Alțâna. For the opera by Francesca Caccini, see La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina.
Alcina
Opera seria by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel, portrayed by Balthasar Denner, 1729
LanguageItalian
Based onLibretto of L'isola di Alcina
Premiere
16 April 1735 (1735-04-16)
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London
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