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Love finds a balm for pain: Handel’s Alcina in Basel

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 June 2017
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“Such enchantment, however, translates seamlessly into Gianluca Falaschi’s fabulous costumes”
Reviewed at Theater Basel, Basel on 13 June 2017
Programme
Handel, Alcina
Performers
Theater Basel
Andrea Marcon, Conductor
Lydia Steier, Director
Flurin Borg Madsen, Set Designer
Gianluca Falaschi, Costume Designer
Nicole Heaston, Alcina
Bryony Dwyer, Morgana
Katarina Bradić, Bradamante
Valer Sabadus, Ruggiero
Nathan Haller, Oronte
José Coca Loza, Melisso
Alice Borciani, Oberto
Henryk Polus, Choirmaster / chorus director
Juliane Luster, Dramaturgy
Chor Theater Basel
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
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AlcinaAlice BorcianiAndrea MarconBryony DwyerChor Theater BaselFlurin Borg MadsenGeorge Frideric HandelGianluca FalaschiHenryk PolusJosé Coca LozaJuliane LusterKatarina BradićLa Cetra Barockorchester BaselLydia SteierNathan HallerNicole HeastonTheater BaselValer Sabadus
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.