Alcina

Opera

Writers: George Frederic Handel Antonio Marchi

Songs

Overture

Act One

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Oh Dei! Quivi non scorgo’ - Bradamante, Melisso, Morgana
  • No. 1 Aria ‘O s’apre al riso’ - Morgana

Scene Two

  • No. 2 Chorus ‘Questo è il cielo di contenti’
  • No. 3 Gavotte
  • No. 4 Sarabande
  • No. 5 Menuet
  • No. 6 Gavotte
  • Recitative ‘Ecco l’infido’ - Bradamante, Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 7 Aria ‘Di’, cor mio’ - Alcina

Scene Three

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Mi ravvisi, Ruggier’ - Bradamante, Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 9 ‘Di te mi rido’ - Ruggiero

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Qua dunque ne veniste’ - Oronte, Bradamante

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Io sono tua difesa’ - Morgana, Bradamante
  • No. 10 Aria ‘È gelosia’ - Bradamante

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Io dunque’ - Oronte, Morgana

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘La cerco invano’ - Ruggiero, Oronte
  • No. 11 Aria ‘Semplicetto!’ - Oronte

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Ah! Infedele’ - Ruggiero, Alcina

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘Regina, il tuo soggiorno’ - Bradamante, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 12 Aria ‘Si, son quella’ - Alcina

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Se nemico mi fossi’ - Bradamante, Ruggiero

Scene Twelve

  • Recitative ‘Bradamante favella?’ - Ruggiero, Melissa, Bradamante
  • No. 13 Aria ‘La bocca vaga’ - Ruggiero

Scene Thirteen

  • Recitative ‘A quai strani perigli’ - Melisso, Bradamante

Scene Fourteen

Act Two

Scene One

  • No. 15 Arioso ‘Col celarvi’ - Ruggiero
  • Recitative ‘Taci, taci codardo’ - Melisso, Ruggiero
  • No. 16 Arioso ‘Qual portento’ - Ruggiero
  • Recitative ‘Atlante, dove sei?’ - Ruggiero, Melisso
  • No. 17 Aria ‘Pensa a chi geme’ - Melisso

Scene Two

Scene Three

  • Recitative ‘Chi scuopre al mio pensiero’ - Ruggiero
  • No. 19 ‘Mi lusinga il dolce affetto’ - Ruggiero

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘S’acquieti il rio sospetto’ - Alcina, Morgana

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘E la tua pace’ - Morgana, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 20 Aria ‘Ama, sospira’ - Morgana

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Non scorgo nel tuo viso’ - Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 21 Aria ‘Mio bel tesoro’ - Ruggiero

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Regina, io cerco invano’ - Oberto, Alcina
  • No. 22 Aria ‘Tra speme e timore’ - Oberto

Scene Eight

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Or che dici’ - Oronte, Morgana

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘All’offesa’ - Oronte
  • No. 24 Aria ‘E un folle’ - Oronte

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Ed è ver’ - Oberto, Bradamante

Scene Twelve

Scene Thirteen

  • No. 26 Accompagnato ‘Ah! Ruggiero crudel’ - Alcina
  • No. 27 ‘Ombre pallide’ - 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 amar’ - Oronte, Morgana
  • No. 32 Aria ‘ Credete al mio dolore’ - Morgana
  • Recitative ‘M’inganna’ - Oronte
  • No. 33 Aria ‘Un momento di contento’ - Oronte

Scene Two

  • Recitative ‘Molestissimo incontro’ - Ruggiero, Alcina
  • No. 34 Aria ‘Ma quando tornerai’ - Alcina

Scene Three

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Vanne tu seco ancora’ - Melisso, Bradamante
  • No. 36 Aria ‘All’alma fedel’ - Bradamante

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Niuna forza l’arresta’ - Oronte, Alcina
  • No. 37 Aria ‘Mi restano le lagrime’ - Alcina

Scene Six

  • No. 38 Chorus ‘Sin per le vie del sole’
  • Recitative ‘Già vicino e’l momento’ - Oberto, Alcina
  • No. 39 Aria ‘Barbara!’ - Oberto

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Le lusinghe’ - Bradamante, Alcina, Ruggiero
  • No. 40 Trio ‘Non e amor’ - Alcina, Bradamante, Ruggiero

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘Prendi, e vivi’ - Ruggiero, Oronte

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Ah, mio Ruggier’ - Alcina, Ruggiero, Bradamante

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘Misera, ah, no!’ - Alcina, Morgana

Final Scene

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

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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