Glyndebourne: Alcina – Encore

Spectacle and sensation collide in Glyndebourne’s sumptuous new staging of Handel’s magical fable, with Russian Soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan starring in the titular role.

Sorceress Alcinaand her sister Morgana live on an enchanted island where nothing is quite as it seems. What appears to be a verdant paradise is in fact a barren desert, transfigured by their magic; what look like streams, animals, rocks are in fact Alcina’s former lovers, discarded and bewitched.