ALCINA // Staatsoper Hamburg

Georg Friedrich Händel

The sorceress Alcina lives a wondrous life on her island: she attracts men, seduces them, and when she tires of them, she turns them into animals, plants or stones. The brave warrior Ruggiero also falls under her spell, seeming hopelessly smitten with her. However, when his fiancée Bradamante arrives on the island, Alcina’s reign begins to crumble…