About the Event
Sinag Arts Foundation, Octave Infinity Music Makers Incorporated, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, in collaboration with A.B. in Music Production Department present Alcina, an opera seria by George Friedrich Handel on September 10, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the School of Design and Arts Theater of the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in Manila.
Handel's Alcina has a post apocalypse concept and upholds the concept that "Man is by Nature Good" and that where there is hope, then there is a future and that love and peace will save humanity.
Ms. Ferrer recently stage directed the same opus in Arezzo, Italy last July 30, 2016, as a result of an opera program grant of the University of the Philippines College of Music. Fresh from her directorial stint abroad, she presents an all-Filipino cast in the upcoming production.
“As the stage and artistic director of Alcina, I continue to welcome artists from different music institutions and pursue audiences from all walks of life to experience the beauty of opera and music theater," says Ferrer, who also directed Rusalka at the Cultural Center of the Philippines two years ago, gathering artists who are products of different music institutions.
Cast includes Jade Riccio as Alcina, Mia Ariana Tanciongco as Morgana, Pauline Therese Arejola as Oberto, Ervin Lumauag as Ruggiero, Krissan Manikan Tan as Bradamante, Malvin Macasaet as Oronte, and Avelino Guande as Melisso. Farley Asuncion is assisting on the piano. Costume design is Joy Rago, and Agnes "Aji" Manalo is Consultant.
For tickets and sponsorship information, please contact Ms. Maricris R. Joaquin at +63917-866-9354.