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La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina

Opera

Writers: Francesca Caccini Ferdinando Saracinelli

Songs

Sinfonia

Prologue - At Sea

‘Non perche congiurati� - Nettuno

‘O, degl’humidi regni� - Vistola Fiume

‘Biondo Dio del bel Permesso� - Chorus of Water Deities

‘Poscia che’l Cielo e’l Mare� - Nettuno

‘Biondo Dio del bel Permesso� - Chorus of Water Deities

Scene One - Melissa approaches Alcina’s island, riding on a dolphin

Sinfonia

‘Cosi perfida Alcina� - Melissa

Scene Two - On Alcina’s Island

‘Qui si può dire� - Chorus of six damsels

‘Quanto per dolce, e mia beata sorte� - Ruggiero, Alcina

‘Quando Amor l’arco vuol tendere� - Two damsels

‘Rimanti, o mio Signore� - Alcina, Ruggiero

‘Aure volanti, Augeri canori� - Damsels, Ruggiero

Ritornello

‘Per la piu vaga, e belle Terrena Stella� - Pastore, Ruggiero

‘Chi nel fior di giovinezza� - Sirena, Ruggiero

‘Ecco l’ora, ecco il punto� - Melissa, Ruggiero

‘Ruggier de� danni asprissimi� - Chorus of enchanted plants, Ruggiero, Melissa

‘O bei pensieri volare� - Chorus of damsels, Alcina

‘Non so qual sia maggiore� - Nunzia, Alcina

‘Ecco Ruggiero a noi bella Regina� - Two damsels, Alcina, Ruggiero

‘Non solo il chiaro Astolfo� - Melissa

Scene Three - On Alcina’s Island, the sea is on fire, and Alcina arrives in an enormous boat

‘Qual temerario core� - Alcina

‘Provera, crudelta� - Chorus of Monsters

‘E come ohime dall’odioso regno� - Astolfo, Melissa, Alcina

Scene Four - Rocky cliffs, Alcina’s boat turns into a sea monster and flies away

‘O miseri mortali� - Melissa

‘Versate occhi� - A previously enchanted lady, Melissa

‘Ai Diletti, al gioire� - Chorus of newly liberated knights and damsels

‘Tosche, de Sol piu belle� - Tutti

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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