Videos   |   October 10, 2016
Handel: Alcina
Catch a glimpse of The English Concert and mezzo-soprano superstar Joyce DiDonato during the Madrid leg of their 2014 tour of Handel’s Alcina. Produced for Spanish television, this short documentary includes an interview with Artistic Director Harry Bicket. “The English Concert, the acclaimed period instrument ensemble, with Harry Bicket conducting, presented an elegant, dramatically riveting concert performance at Carnegie Hall, with
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Catch a glimpse of The English Concert and mezzo-soprano superstar Joyce DiDonato during the Madrid leg of their 2014 tour of Handel’s Alcina. Produced for Spanish television, this short documentary includes an interview with Artistic Director Harry Bicket.

“The English Concert, the acclaimed period instrument ensemble, with Harry Bicket conducting, presented an elegant, dramatically riveting concert performance at Carnegie Hall, with a splendid cast headed by the superb mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role.” – New York Times, 2014

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