Alcina


	WTOC 2008

Alcina

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PERSONNEL

Conductor - Eric Melear

Director - Eric Einhorn

Scenic Design - Erhard Rom

Costume Design - Carol Bailey
Lighting Design - Robert H. Grimes

Hair & Makeup - Elsen Associates

Cast

Alcina - Rebekah Camm

Ruggiero - Elizabeth DeShong

Morgana - Ava Pine

Bradamante - Maria Markina

Oronte - Steven Sanders

Oberto - Leena Chopra

Melisso - Liam Moran

Chorus - Wolf Trap Opera Studio

Music Staff

Jeremy Frank (Principal Coach)

Justina Lee (Coach/Chorusmaster)

Tamara Sanikidze (Coaching Fellow)

Franca Gorraz (Italian Coach)

Stage Management

Paul J. Sieveking, PSM

Jeanette Stair, ASM

Anthony McDonald, SM Intern

Directing Fellow

George Cederquist

IMPORTANT DATES

June 16 - Staging rehearsals begin.
July 3 - Tech week rehearsals begin.
July 11, 13(m), 15 - Performances

EDITION - Baerenreiter

CUTS (as of 4/4/08)

ARIA CUTS

ACT I
3-6                   18-21                           Dances
7                      26/1/3-26/end              Alcina              A-section only
8                      28/1/1-29/end              Oberto             Cut entire aria

ACT II
18                    83/2/1-89/end              Bradamante     Cut entire aria
19                    90/1/1-93/end              Ruggiero         Cut entire aria; keep recit before
20                    100/2/3-101/2/3           Morgana          A-section only
21                    102/4/1-107/3/1           Ruggiero         Cut entire aria
24                    126/3/2-128/2/1           Oronte             A-section only
28-30               144-148                       Dances

ACT III
43 213 Tamburino Cut most of piece, leaving intro into final coro
New order of Act III:
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 7
Scene 3: recit only
Scene 4
Scene 5
Scene 6
[Scene 8: cut whole scene]
Scene 9
Scene 10
Scena Ultima: cut portion of Tamburino

Recitative Cuts

Page/System/Measure/Beat	Text Notes	Musical Changes
27/5/1/2-27/5/2/4	CUT Che arrivo’ poi…Sara’ con gli altri in ferra.	Keep the a-minor chord and Oberto sings C-B-A on “Più no lo” instead of B-A-G
37/2/1 – 38/1/1	CUT Ospite…saprò l’orgoglio	Cadence B-major to E-minor
42/1/1-42/3/3	Begin at La fe’…	A-major chord to start, then C#-Major as printed in m. 9. Oronte sings: A-A-A-A-B on “La fè del giu-ra”
51/1/2-52/3/2	CUT Tu gelosia…E’ amore, ingrate.	Cadence C-major to F-major under “diMORA” on 51/1/1. “Alla costanza” starts then in F-major, m. 14 is now A-major over G on bt. 1, d-minor over F on beat three tied into m. 15.as printed. Alcina sings A-A-A-A-B\|C# C# for “Alla costanze mia”, C#-B-A-D-D for “così favella” and D-D on “il tuo” and then as printed.
62/1/1-62/3/1	CUT all of sc.13.
ACT II	ACT II	ACT II
70/4/2-71/2/3	CUT rimira…Vanne lunge
72/2/2/4-72/3/2/4	CUT Un fato…verace gemma.	Stay in G-major, then m. 35, beat 1 is G-major over F, beat 3 is C-major, then as printed in m. 36. Melisso will sing D-D\|B-B-B-C-C-G for “E se più a me non credi” then as printed.
74/3/1-74/4/1/2	Begin recit with Ah, Bradamante!	The recit begins in D-minor. Ruggiero sings A-A-A on “Ah, Brada-“
82/3/1/4-82/4/1	CUT Non, l’avria…bel dono.	Stay in b minor, then E-major over G# on beat three. Ruggiero sings E-D on “maga”. This may change if I can find a better solution.
128/2/1-129/1/1	CUT all of sc. 11
ACT III	ACT III	ACT III
167/2/2/2-167/4/1/2	CUT Io colla spada…e a me lo presta.	m. 8 stays in C-major, then m. 9 as printed. Ruggiero sings G-C-C-C-B on “Partir da te, mio”, then as printed.
179/4/1/2-180/1/1/4	CUT Ma i miei guerrier…Son vinti.	Stay in D-major then m. 6 as printed. Alcina sings as printed on “E quell’ingrato”
190/2/1/4-190/2/3/4	CUT Eh! Mi si mostra amica. Non ti fidar, l’uccidi	Stay in F-major over A, then m. 19 beat 1 is A-major over G, beat 2 as printed. Oberto sings A-A-Bnatural\|D-A on “Ah, non ho\|core”
206/1/1-206/4/1	CUT all of sc. 8