◎译　　名　Alcina, Georg Friedrich Haendel / Handel: Alcina
◎片　　名　Handel: Alcina
◎年　　代　2015
◎产　　地　法国
◎语　　言　意大利语
◎豆瓣链接　https://movie.douban.com/subject/27092200/
◎导　　演　凯蒂·米歇尔 / Katie Mitchell
◎演　　员　帕翠西娅•珀蒂邦 / Patricia Petibon

◎简　　介　

　　The incomparable countertenor Philippe Jaroussky was thrilling of voice, if a little wooden of gesture, as Ruggiero, the sorceress Alcina’s plaything-turned-antagonist. But it was the women who stood out here. The soprano Patricia Petibon was little short of sensational vocally as the antiheroine and excellent at eliciting sympathy through her acting.
Lesser characters were also superbly served by Anna Prohaska, a soprano, as the enchantress Morgana; Katarina Bradic, a mezzo-soprano, as Bradamante, Ruggiero’s rightful lover; Anthony Gregory, a tenor, as Oronte, Morgana’s suitor; and Krzysztof Baczyk as Melisso, Ruggiero’s former tutor and now Bradamante’s second. Elias Mädler, a boy soprano, was also terrific.
　　Ms. Mitchell’s production, though hugely elaborate and confusing at the start, settled into a nice groove and was almost lovable by the end. It involves a huge sorcery machine for turning people into animals (or whatever). And Ms. Mitchell works magic of her own onstage, constantly showing the enchantresses Alcina and Morgana alternating between glamorous public personas and their “real life,” older, private selves.
There are also bits of simulated sex, mingling genders and suggesting, among other things, inventive new ways to hit high notes.