Songs in La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina

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