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Haymarket champions Francesca Caccini’s only surviving opera, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina, in a spellbinding period production featuring a cast of virtuosi, a colorful orchestra of period instruments, and sets and costumes to conjure up an evil sorceress’s enchanted island. Peer beyond the palms to discover the beautiful, seductive, and evil sorceress Alcina!

Post-performance talk-back: Presented with members of the cast and creative team immediately following the performance 

Performance runtime: 90 minutes with no intermission

Mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux and tenor Scott Bruncheen portray the deceptive enchantress Alcina and the captive knight Ruggiero who is imprisoned on Alcina’s magical island. Mezzo-soprano Lindsay Metzger joins as Melissa, the good sorceress disguised as a wise old man who awakens Ruggiero from Alcina’s spell. A troupe of eight soloists portray the gods, nymphs, monsters, shepherds, damsels, courtiers, and enchanted plants that populate the bewitched island. The ensemble features Quinn Middleman, Michelle Mariposa, Justin Berkowitz, Michael St. Peter, Schyler Vargas, and David Govertsen. 

Haymarket and the Newberry Consort team up for the first time to present programs by two female composers of the 17th century, a mini-festival that celebrates women of the Baroque era with Haymarket’s production of Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina and the Newberry Consort’s program featuring the music of Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

The same team that brought you Haymarket’s acclaimed production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea returns, promising another “vivid” (Opera News) production led by director Sarah Edgar, with set designer Wendy Waszut-Barrett, costume designer Stephanie Cluggish, wig and make up designer Megan Pirtle, lighting designer Brian Schneider, and creative producer Chase Hopkins. 

Hear Caccini’s virtuosic score played by an orchestra of 17th-century period instruments led from the keyboard by Haymarket Artistic Director Craig Trompeter, with an expanded basso continuo team including renowned lutenist Lucas Harris. Newberry Consort Artistic Director Liza Malamut joins the ensemble, leading a quartet of sackbuts (early trombones). 

For more information on this Haymarket Opera Company production, please visit their website

While masks are not required inside the Holtschneider Performance Center concert halls, DePaul University continues to be a mask-friendly campus and wearing a mask will be highly recommended for all indoor spaces. Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test will no longer be required upon entry.  Details found here.

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