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Haendel - Alessandro with Max Emanuel Cencic (Opéra Royal de Versailles)

"From the Royal Opera of Versailles, 2013 - Opera in 3 acts by Händel with a libretto by Paolo Rolli"

Alessandro (HWV 21), is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726 for the Royal Academy of Music. Paolo Rolli's libretto is based on the story of Ortensio Mauro's La superbia d'Alessandro. This was the first time the famous singers Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni appeared together in one of Handel's operas. The original cast also included Francesco Bernardi who was known as Senesino. The story recounts Alexander the Great's journey to India and depicts him less in a heroic vein than as vainglorious as well as indecisive in matters of the heart. The work's charm and lightness of touch make it at times almost a comic work.[3]

Top Cast

  • Max Emanuel Cenčić

    Max Emanuel Cenčić

    Alessandro

  • Adriana Kučerová

    Adriana Kučerová

    Lisaura

  • Blandine Staskiewicz

    Blandine Staskiewicz

    Rossane

  • Xavier Sabata

    Xavier Sabata

    Tassile

  • Pavel Kudinov

    Pavel Kudinov

    Clito

  • Juan Sancho

    Juan Sancho

    Leonato

  • Vasily KHOROSHEV

    Vasily KHOROSHEV

    Cleone

Overview

Alessandro (HWV 21), is an opera composed by George Frideric Handel in 1726 for the Royal Academy of Music. Paolo Rolli's libretto is based on the story of Ortensio Mauro's La superbia d'Alessandro. This was the first time the famous singers Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni appeared together in one of Handel's operas. The original cast also included Francesco Bernardi who was known as Senesino. The story recounts Alexander the Great's journey to India and depicts him less in a heroic vein than as vainglorious as well as indecisive in matters of the heart. The work's charm and lightness of touch make it at times almost a comic work.[3]

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