Film
Haendel - Alessandro with Max Emanuel Cencic (Opéra Royal de Versailles)
2013 · 2h 36m · Music
From the Royal Opera of Versailles, 2013 - Opera in 3 acts by Händel with a libretto by Paolo Rolli
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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]
Cast
Max Emanuel Cenčić
Alessandro
Adriana Kučerová
Lisaura
Blandine Staskiewicz
Rossane
Xavier Sabata
Tassile
Pavel Kudinov
Clito
Juan Sancho
Leonato
Vasily KHOROSHEV
Cleone
Crew
- George PetrouDirector
- Jean-Jacques SchaettelProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 31, 2013
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Genres
- Music
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