Composed by Francesca Caccini in 1625, La liberazione di Ruggiero dalla’isola d’Alcina, the
the first Italian opera to be presented in another country is a marvelous musical action-romance with intriguing characters and a fascinating scenario.
CAST:
Alcina - Rebecca Batista deAlmeida
Melissa - Madison Marie McIntosh
First Lady - Maria Margiolakou
Second Lady - Heather O’Connor
Third lady - Allison Waggener
Ruggiero - Daniel Kamalic
Nettuno - Samuel Bowen
First tenor - Rongjun Li
Second tenor - Sung Shin
The piece will be conducted by Adrian Sylveen, artistic director of Connecticut Virtuosi/
Connecticut Lyric Opera, and staged by Alan Mann, artistic director of Opera Theater of
Connecticut, who returns to direct his third CLO/CV production.