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ALCINA, opening October 14^th, will be only the fourth-ever Handel opera given at Seattle Opera. General Director Christina Scheppelmann, stage director Tim Albery, and conductor Christine Brandes discuss this great opera composer, and the rebirth of interest in his work, with Dramaturg Jonathan Dean. Starting about 19 minutes in, all three share favorite music from Handel operas.

Musical excerpts include singing \\u201cVa, tacito\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Marijana Mijanovic and Les Musiciens du Louvre conducted by Mark Minkowski); \\u201cVivo in te\\u201d from Tamerlano (Karina Gauvin and Max Emanuel Cen\\u010di\\u0107, with Il pomo d\\u2019oro conducted by Ricardo Minasi); \\u201cPianger\\xf2\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Sabine Devieilhe and Pygmalion, conducted by Raphael Pichon); \\u201cCara speme\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Anne Sofie von Otter and Les Musiciens du Louvre conducted by Mark Minkowski); \\u201cSe piet\\xe0\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Sabine Devieilhe and Pygmalion, conducted by Raphael Pichon); \\xa0\\u201cL\\u2019empio, sleale, indegno\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Brian Asawa, the Seattle Opera orchestra conducted by Gary Thor Wedow); \\u201cDopo notte\\u201d from Ariodante (Lorraine Hunt and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by Nicholas McGegan); \\u201cSon nata a lagrimar\\u201d from Giulio Cesare (Bernarda Fink and Marianne R\\xf8rholm, with Concerto K\\xf6ln conducted by Ren\\xe9 Jacobs); and a passage from \\u201cL\\u2019Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato\\u201d (Paul McCreesh conducted the Gabrieli Consort and Players).