Handel premiered the opera Alcina on April 26, 1735. Like Orlando, this magic opera is based on cantos from Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and has a fairy-tale aspect about it. Handel turned the character of Alcina, a siren who disposes of her ex-lovers by turning them into all kinds of objects, into a powerful but evil sorceress, a vulnerable woman, and finally a defeated, despairing queen.
Watch movie and read libretto and translation of Credete al mio dolore, an aria for soprano from the Italian opera Alcina by Georg Handel.This page lists all recordings of Credete al mio dolore (from Alcina) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759).
