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	Handel and Italian Opera
		Alcina conforms to the sub-genre of "magic opera," in which the action takes place in an enchanted realm and where at least one of the protagonists is endowed with supernatural powers.
		The subject of Alcina also modernized for 18th-century audiences the ancient themes already found in Homer's Odyssey, in which the wily Odysseus is held captive by the sorceress Circe and becomes her lover, but eventually outwits her spells and charms.
		A case in point is his preparation for the scene in which the sorceress Alcina discovers, to her despair, that the spell she has cast on Ruggiero, her island-bound prisoner, has ceased to work.
	www.scena.org /lsm/sm9-8/Haendel-en.htm (1024 words)

	'Alcina' @ The Coliseum, London
		Alcina is a sorceress who shipwrecks sailors on her island so that she can take her pick of fresh lovers every so often.
		Alcina's sister Morgana is the original girl who wants to have fun, in a shocking pink distressed crinoline, through which her ample charms are all too obvious.
		During that time we are royally entertained with exquisite singing from Alcina (Joan Rodgers), Morgana (Lisa Milne fulfilling her promise from earlier Handel roles such as Rodelinda) and Ruggiero (a suitably tall Sarah Connolly), among others in a fine cast.
	www.musicomh.com /opera/alcina.htm (488 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts reviews \| Alcina
		He equates Alcina's sorcery with music, turning the enchanted urn that is the source of her power into a bust of Handel, borne on stage by her fetishistically attired attendants, over whose orgies it then presides.
		Alcina's kingdom is subsequently seen as a world of operatic illusion: her Palladian villa proves to be nothing more than a stage set, while she herself is a self-dramatising diva playing to the gallery.
		Alcina is played by Lisa Milne; flame-haired and Rubens-esque, she looks fantastic, is vocally beautiful and technically staggering, though there is a chastity in the tone that sometimes is less than ideal.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/reviews/story/0,11712,939282,00.html (408 words)

	Alcina - George Frideric Handel
		Alcina was written at a time in Handel's career in London when he faced competition from a rival company and a resulting financial pinch.
		Orlando Furioso, Alcina is one of those operas with a plot of somewhat daunting complexity.
		Alcina's quarters are defined by classical columns encased in lucite and aluminum, a post-modern look that acknowledges classical themes.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/Alcina.htm (716 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alcina (1735) was Handel’s last successful Italian opera for England, and, at least since its revival in 1957 in London for soprano Joan Sutherland and its subsequent recording, has become one of his most popular, second only to Giulio Cesare.
		Alcina’s throne room, or royal domain, is a neon-lit rectangle — another prison - heavily mirrored in bright, changing colors.
		Alcina will be repeated on the 13th, 18th, 21st, and 24th of September.
	www.classicstoday.com /Classics/ConcertReview_ASPFiles/ViewConcertReview.asp?Action=User&ID=343 (643 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - ~~In The Presence Of Evil~~
		Alcina stood in front of her father on Coruscant, awaiting the criticism that was sure to come.
		Alcina had recently began to wonder if it tasted that way because it was something bad, or because she had always been told to feel that way towards the Jedi.
		Alcina unbuckled the straps holding her into her seat and walked to the front of the shuttle.
	boards.theforce.net /message.asp?topic=1559523 (2534 words)

	Endless... Immortal... Alcina
		Alcina ~ there can be only one Alcina ~ Known as enchanting, intelligent and democratic, her sense of justice is well known.
		He promised his daughter, Alcina, to one of the most promising politicians to fulfill his goal to position Sparta once and for all ahead of the rival city of Athens.
		He decided to leave Alcina and her Island of illusion and while huntsmen were sent for Rogero and Alcina came out to pursue him, her enemy Melissa came to her home and caused great damage.
	members.aol.com /alcina2edg (1315 words)

	Silvan v. Alcina (01/14/2005) sp-5858
		Alcina responded that he was agreeable to a relocation to Arizona and would try again to transfer there, but maintained that the children should stay with him until Silvan got situated.
		Alcina was permitted to move back into the home upon giving Silvan thirty days notice that she was to vacate.
		Alcinas better attitude toward the childrens relationship with Silvan, by contrast, would allow the bond to be strengthened even across the distance to Arizona if he were given primary custody.
	www.touchngo.com /sp/html/sp-5858.htm (3840 words)

	Opera~Opera. Plot Summaries. H.
		Alcina is preparing to change Ricciardo into a wild beast to appease Ruggiero, while Morgana tries to dissuade her and Ruggiero assures her that he is no longer jealous, so drastic measures are no longer necessary.
		Alcina notices that Ruggiero is not in his usual spirits and he suggests a hunt as a restorative.
		Alcina tries to make Oberto kill a lion, but he realises that it is his father, and threatens to turn the spear on Alcina herself.
	www.opera-opera.com.au /ploth.htm (7736 words)

	Alcina - opera by Georg Friedrich Handel
		Alcina was composed in the thirties of the 18
		Having lost the moral support of people close to the Crown he had to struggle with financial difficulties that mainly were due to certain circles boycotting the distinguished composer.
		The first night of Alcina was on 16 April 1735 in the London Covent Garden Theatre (Handel was working in John Rich's newly built theatre since his coercive leave from The Haymarket Theatre).
	www.music.lv /opera/Alcina/default_E.htm (145 words)

	Bulfinch's Mythology, Legends of Charlemagne, Chapter 9: Astolpho and the Enchantress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alcina soothed my anger, and professed that what she had done was for love of me. Erelong we arrived at this island, where at first everything was done to reconcile me to my lot, and to make my days pass happily away.
		But soon Alcina, sated with her conquest, grew indifferent, then weary of me, and at last, to get rid of me, changed me into this form, as she had done to many lovers before me, making some of them olives, some palms, some cedars, changing others into fountains, rocks, or even into wild beasts.
		Rogero's love for Alcina, being but the work of enchantment, vanished as soon as the enchantment was withdrawn, and he now hated her with an equal intensity, seeing no longer anything in her but her vices, and feeling only resentment for the shame that she had put upon him.
	bulfinch.org /legends/legend09.html (3439 words)

	WFIU:
		Alcina is based on those same wild stories of knights, sorcerers and enchantments that drove Don Quixote crazy.
		Alcina's enchanted beau, Ruggiero, was sung by Jessica Riley.
		Alcina's sister Morgana was sung by Wanda Yang.
	www.indiana.edu /~wfiu/walker-mayaug00.htm (3807 words)

	Handel - Alcina / Fleming, Graham, Dessay, Kuhlmann, Robinson, Naouri, Lascarro, Les Arts Florissants, Christie : Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alcina: Atto 1, Scena III: Recitativo - Generosi guerrier (Oberto).
		Alcina: Atto 1, Scena XIV: Aria - Tornami a vagheggiar (Morgana).
		Alcina: Atto II, Scena I: Arioso - Col celarvi a chi v´ama (Ruggiero).
	www.gclog.com /an/B00004NK26.html (2260 words)

	Intersections: Baylans, Asogs, Transvestism, and Sodomy: Gender, Sexuality and the Sacred in Early Colonial Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alcina then moved his narrative from the 'ancient times' (pre-colonial) to the specific characteristics of a 'mute indian' research subject who was known to him.
		While Alcina's comments regarding this man are offered in the belief that he has located a genuine shaman as a research subject, no evidence is provided to prove that the 'mute indian' did practice as a shaman.
		Alcina reported that he 'heard his [the mute Indian's] confession various times with sufficient indication of his sins, but not a trace in the matter of the sixth commandment.'[64] He further eliminated 'the sin against nature' with the observation that his informant maintained his distance from men.
	wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au /intersections/issue2/carolyn2.html (9193 words)

	Alcina Pictures - About
		Alcina Pictures is a Toronto-based film and television production company committed to developing and producing domestic and internationally marketable commercial and arthouse pictures.
		Alcina can get involved in various stages of a projects life from development to financing through to the acquisition of completed films seeking distribution in Canada.
		Alcina is able to access a variety of sources of funding in Canada and has established relationships with funding agencies, broadcasters, and channels of distribution across the Canadian landscape.
	www.alcinapictures.com /about.htm (139 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: Alcina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alcina neatly illustrates Handel's precise melodic gift --- his ability to deftly paint characters and emotions within the confines of the da capo aria and the opera seria.
		Alcina's plot, on its face, could easily belong to an early 19th century buffa, with its tangled string of tyranny, trickery, and turnarounds.
		As Alcina reveals successive facets of her character in a string of arias --- flirtation, sadness, pride, despair --- we cannot help but be drawn into the story.
	www.operaworld.com /special/alcina1.shtml (795 words)

	Alaska's World - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alaska Airlines Aircraft Technician Juan Alcina got off to a fast start on the first day of the 2001 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, moving from 30th place to 18th place by the Rainy Pass checkpoint.
		Alcina’s own resume includes a remarkable 17th finish last last year.
		The harsh climate of Alaska couldn’t be further from the sun-drenched planes of Southern Spain where Alcina was born.
	www.alaskasworld.com /NEWS/2001/03/02_JuanAlcina.asp (548 words)

	Alcina
		I think ALCINA is an ideal long term cruising liveaboard for two, with plenty of living and storage space.
		However, when a guy in Canada decided he wanted to build ALCINA, I suggested we stretch her out to 48 feet because that extra few feet makes all the difference in the interior and really doesn’t add much to the actual materials costs.
		ALCINA’s 10’ of floor space in the wheelhouse is very spacious and gives a wonderful engineroom with lots of space to get to the engine.
	www.georgebuehler.com /Alcina.html (2015 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Theater/Arts / Boston Baroque leader believes 'Alcina' will prove to be magical
		Martin Pearlman, who leads Boston Baroque in two performances of "Alcina" (tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 in Jordan Hall), says, "What attracted me was the music -- I didn't realize at first we would be presenting the local premiere.
		`Alcina' has some very famous arias in it, and nowadays all voice students learn them and sing them in auditions.
		`Alcina' is about a sorceress, but she is more complicated than the heroines of most sorceress arias.
	www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2003/10/17/boston_baroque_leader_believes_alcina_will_prove_to_be_magical (796 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / Performers make 'Alcina' enchanting
		Handel's "Alcina" was one of the great successes of the composer's lifetime and has taken a central place in the revival of interest in Handel's operas in the last 50 years.
		"Alcina" is one of four Handel opera's based on Ariosto's romantic epic, "Orlando Furioso." Alcina is a sorceress who turns her conquests into beasts and stones.
		Mezzo Christine Abraham has proved a strong performer in other roles (she was the redeemed heroine in Tod Machover's "Resurrection" at the Boston Lyric Opera), but she was miscast in a virtuoso Handel role; she was earnest rather than compelling.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2003/10/20/performers_make_alcina_enchanting (597 words)

	Threepenny: Lesser, Sorcery
		Alcina herself has at least eight or nine costume changes in the course of the performance, and they increase in frequency during the opera’s second half, as her emotional state becomes more frantic.
		Alcina has been eliminated and her victims restored to their original forms—good has apparently triumphed over evil—but all we can recall is how wonderful Alcina was and how much we will miss her power to transform.
		Alcina herself, for instance, is obviously mirrored by Bradamante, but she is also set off against her own sister, Morgana (whose blonde delicacy, in Catriona Smith’s lovely performance, threatens to fade into the wallpaper, in marked contrast to Catherine Naglestad’s dark beauty).
	www.threepennyreview.com /samples/lesser_sp03.html (3526 words)

	Handel, ‘Alcina,’ The Early Opera Company, Wigmore Hall, Friday July 5th 2002. (ME) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Louise Mott’s Ruggiero was similarly lyrical of tone, and to my ears she did not sound suitable for the part, which needs a richer timbre in the manner of a Sarah Connolly, but she too sang and acted with real commitment, producing a lovely ‘Verdi Prati’ with elegant shaping of the phrases.
		The show was stolen, as ‘Alcina’ often is, by the Morgana, this time in the voluptuous person of Mhairi Lawson.
		Ms Lawson knows how to work an audience, and by the end of ‘Tornami a vagheggiar’ she had most of the front rows eating out of her hand, and despite a few undisciplined and squally notes high up, she was entirely convincing.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2002/July02/alcina.htm (491 words)

	The Breeze: Style
		"Pieces" opens with the failed suicide attempt of its main character, Alcina (junior Rachel Bauder), a college student. Berryman reveals this episode through flashback, as Alcina sits and reads old journals of poetry, reflecting on the life that fate has dealt her.
		Alcina's friend, Monica (senior Rasheeda Miller) — is faithful and cheery, but she is concealing a secret that reveals itself exactly when it must.
		An interesting choice in art direction gives weight and depth to the emotional center of the play, such as the inclusion of Alcina's voice-over monologues as she remembers the past. Red, blue and green lights bathe the set, creating silhouettes behind translucent white walls.
	www.thebreeze.org /archives/9.18.03/style/style2.shtml (443 words)

	Oberlin Theater News: Dance Performance
		Alcina is sponsored by the Oberlin Conservatory Opera Theater Program and is produced in cooperation with the Oberlin College Theater and Dance Program with support from the Louis C. Sudler Fund.
		Alcina's sister Morgana is attracted to the disguised Bradamante, to the jealousy of her lover Oronte.
		Ruggiero and Bradamante destroy the magical power of Alcina and Morgana, restoring all of Alcina's previous victims to their true forms and reuniting the young nobleman Oberto with his long-lost father.
	www.oberlin.edu /operathe/press/02-03/alcina.html (830 words)

	A peek at a timeless tale / Poor 'Alcina' DVD offers taste of Opera program
		"Alcina" is based on passages from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" and, as one of Handel's "magic" operas, it was probably taken as an allegory just the way it has been in the past century of Handel revivals.
		At least on DVD, this "Alcina" is an unintentional parody of the European postwar avant-garde.
		The barren desert and luscious gardens the libretto calls for are the same dreary, dirty unit set, with piles of junk, bare lightbulbs, peeling paint and one huge picture frame that serves as the facile solution to any scene change.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/18/PK80162.DTL&type=printable (679 words)

	Zankel Hall - Alcina - New York Classical Music Review
		Alcina’s castle is an interlocking-brick affair of no particular scenic distinction, and seems mostly in the way as the characters wander about aimlessly looking for something to do.
		Here, as Alcina, she sounded thin and out of sorts on opening night, unable to project the sorceress’s flashing volatility and jealous moods as she gradually loses her magical powers over the one man she truly loves.
		Goerke must have quaffed one of her own potions during intermission, since her energy level rose markedly in Act Two, but by then it was too late.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/arts/music/classical/reviews/n_9246 (881 words)

	'Alcina' goes every witch way / S.F. Opera makes some sublime music on an overly busy stage
		"Alcina," which, like other Handel operas, takes its plot from an episode from Ludovico Ariosto's romance "Orlando Furioso," is the story of an erotic sorceress who seduces men and then transforms them into beasts.
		Her latest conquest, the warrior Ruggiero, has renounced both military valor and the love of his fiancee, Bradamante, for the delights of sexual abandon, and whether his enchantment is literal or metaphorical hardly matters -- he must be rescued.
		As Alcina's sister Morgana, soprano Catriona Smith proved vocally unpredictable, mixing displays of bright-hued splendor with a few off-pitch stumbles.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/21/DD151172.DTL (894 words)

	classical music - andante - handel's alcina at the budapest spring festival
		But the sludge on stage is worth wading through for the glorious Catherine Naglestad, whose Alcina is one of the most carefully wrought pieces of singing to be heard on any stage these days.
		Naglestad's lush voice has a dusky, reedy quality — a natural sound for producing long lines of aching lyricism — but its size and weight make it all the more surprising that she's equally capable of effortless trills and unearthly sustained pianissimo phrases worthy of Montserrat Caballé in her prime.
		With a lot of cutting and pasting of the score, the second half of the opera was essentially turned into one extraordinarily long scena for Alcina.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=16617 (694 words)

	Knights at the Opera, Part 12 - Sixteenth-Century Epic Poetry
		Coincidentally, her boat becomes shipwrecked upon Alcina’s very island, where not only does Alcina’s daffy sister, Morgana, fall in love with Bradamante, not knowing she is really a woman; but her own spellbound fiancé mistakenly believes she (in male disguise) is a rival to his romance with the enchantress.
		These dilemmas are eventually resolved, Alcina stripped of her powers, and all the transformed knights returned to human form.
		The plot: Ariodante is engaged to Ginevra, daughter of the king of Scotland.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/opera/87059 (430 words)

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