Description on Youtube:
Show Reel of the Australian Premiere performance of Francesca Caccini's 1628 opera
"La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina".
Presenter: Ondine Productions, Sydney (www.ondineproductions.com.au)
Recording: Excerpts taken from footage recorded at the Final Dress Rehearsal on July 28, 2012 by Thijs Rozeboom (www.autumnleaffilms.com.au) at the Parade Theatres, Kensington, Sydney.
Cast and Crew
Producer- Inara Molinari
Director- Leonie Cambage
Music Director- Diana Weston
Set Design- Kate Shanahan
Lighting Design- Matt Cox
Costume Design- Inara Molinari
Set Build- Paul Ryan
Stage Manager- Jeremy Page
Production Assistant- Morgan Crowe
Surtitle Operator - Estella Roche
Wardrobe Assistant- Susan Carveth
Cast:
Nettuno- Richard Sanchez
Vistola Fiume- Adam Majsay
Melissa- Sarah Sweeting
Ruggiero- Richard Butler
Alcina- Hester Hannah
Pastore- Alice Girle
Sirena- Anna Fraser
Coro di damigelle and piante incantate- Belinda Montgomery, Alice Girle, Sophia Mitchell
Inara Molinari, Richard Sanchez, Adam Majsay, Joshua Rogers
Nunzia- Anna Fraser
Astolfo- Adam Majsay
Uno Mostro- Joshua Rogers
Dama Disincantata- Belinda Montgomery
Supporting Cast:
Prince of Poland, Monster, Soldier- Tony Guyot
Princess, Soldier- Lucy Cormack
Soldier- Tim Hanna
Monster, Soldier, Final Chorus- Geoff Kerr
Musicians:
Theorbo, Baroque Guitar- Tommie Andersson
Baroque Cello- Helen Byrne, Angus Ryan
Baroque Violin- Fiona Ziegler
Treble Viol- Cathy Upex
Baroque Viola- Tara Hashambhoy
Recorder- Alicia Crossley, Alana Blackburn
Percussion- Steven Machamer
Baroque Chamber Organ- Prue Gibbs
Harpsichord- Diana Weston
