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Alcina

Opera

Writers: George Frederic Handel Antonio Marchi

Songs

Overture

Act One

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Oh Dei! Quivi non scorgoâ€� - Bradamante, Melisso, Morgana
  • No. 1 Aria ‘O s’apre al risoâ€� - Morgana

Scene Two

  • No. 2 Chorus ‘Questo è il cielo di contentiâ€�
  • No. 3 Gavotte
  • No. 4 Sarabande
  • No. 5 Menuet
  • No. 6 Gavotte
  • Recitative ‘Ecco l’infidoâ€� - Bradamante, Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 7 Aria ‘Diâ€�, cor mioâ€� - Alcina

Scene Three

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Mi ravvisi, Ruggierâ€� - Bradamante, Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 9 ‘Di te mi ridoâ€� - Ruggiero

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Qua dunque ne venisteâ€� - Oronte, Bradamante

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Io sono tua difesaâ€� - Morgana, Bradamante
  • No. 10 Aria ‘Ã� gelosiaâ€� - Bradamante

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Io dunqueâ€� - Oronte, Morgana

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘La cerco invanoâ€� - Ruggiero, Oronte
  • No. 11 Aria ‘Semplicetto!â€� - Oronte

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Ah! Infedeleâ€� - Ruggiero, Alcina

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘Regina, il tuo soggiornoâ€� - Bradamante, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 12 Aria ‘Si, son quellaâ€� - Alcina

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Se nemico mi fossiâ€� - Bradamante, Ruggiero

Scene Twelve

  • Recitative ‘Bradamante favella?â€� - Ruggiero, Melissa, Bradamante
  • No. 13 Aria ‘La bocca vagaâ€� - Ruggiero

Scene Thirteen

  • Recitative ‘A quai strani perigliâ€� - Melisso, Bradamante

Scene Fourteen

Act Two

Scene One

  • No. 15 Arioso ‘Col celarviâ€� - Ruggiero
  • Recitative ‘Taci, taci codardoâ€� - Melisso, Ruggiero
  • No. 16 Arioso ‘Qual portentoâ€� - Ruggiero
  • Recitative ‘Atlante, dove sei?â€� - Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 17 Aria ‘Pensa a chi gemeâ€� - Melisso

Scene Two

Scene Three

  • Recitative ‘Chi scuopre al mio pensieroâ€� - Ruggiero
  • No. 19 ‘Mi lusinga il dolce affettoâ€� - Ruggiero

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘S’acquieti il rio sospettoâ€� - Alcina, Morgana

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘E la tua paceâ€� - Morgana, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 20 Aria ‘Ama, sospiraâ€� - Morgana

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Non scorgo nel tuo visoâ€� - Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 21 Aria ‘Mio bel tesoroâ€� - Ruggiero

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Regina, io cerco invanoâ€� - Oberto, Alcina
  • No. 22 Aria ‘Tra speme e timoreâ€� - Oberto

Scene Eight

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Or che diciâ€� - Oronte, Morgana

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘All’offesaâ€� - Oronte
  • No. 24 Aria ‘E un folleâ€� - Oronte

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Ed è verâ€� - Oberto, Bradamante

Scene Twelve

Scene Thirteen

  • No. 26 Accompagnato ‘Ah! Ruggiero crudelâ€� - Alcina
  • No. 27 ‘Ombre pallideâ€� - Alcina
  • No. 28 Entrée des Songes agréables
  • No. 29 Entrée des Songes funestes
  • No. 30 Entrée des Songes agréables effrayés
  • Le combat des Songes funestes et agréables

Act Three

No. 31 Sinfonia

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Voglio amarâ€� - Oronte, Morgana
  • No. 32 Aria â€� Credete al mio doloreâ€� - Morgana
  • Recitative ‘M’ingannaâ€� - Oronte
  • No. 33 Aria ‘Un momento di contentoâ€� - Oronte

Scene Two

  • Recitative ‘Molestissimo incontroâ€� - Ruggiero, Alcina
  • No. 34 Aria ‘Ma quando torneraiâ€� - Alcina

Scene Three

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Vanne tu seco ancoraâ€� - Melisso, Bradamante
  • No. 36 Aria ‘All’alma fedelâ€� - Bradamante

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Niuna forza l’arrestaâ€� - Oronte, Alcina
  • No. 37 Aria ‘Mi restano le lagrimeâ€� - Alcina

Scene Six

  • No. 38 Chorus ‘Sin per le vie del soleâ€�
  • Recitative ‘Già vicino e’l momentoâ€� - Oberto, Alcina
  • No. 39 Aria ‘Barbara!â€� - Oberto

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Le lusingheâ€� - Bradamante, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 40 Trio ‘Non e amorâ€� - Alcina, Bradamante, Ruggiero

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘Prendi, e viviâ€� - Ruggiero, Oronte

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Ah, mio Ruggierâ€� - Alcina, Ruggiero, Bradamante

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘Misera, ah, no!â€� - Alcina, Morgana

Final Scene

  • Recitative ‘A che tardi?â€� - Melisso, Ruggiero, Oronte, Bradamante, Alcina, Morgana
  • No. 41 Chorus ‘Dall’orror di notte ciecaâ€� - Tutti
  • No. 42 Entrée
  • No. 43 Tamburino
  • No. 44 Chorus ‘Dopo tante amare peneâ€�

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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