This was a semi-staged concert of Handel's opera Alcina, mounted for one night only at St John's Smith Square for the London Handel Festival on 22nd January 2019. The arias were sung in Italian while June Chichester's English text was narrated by Joanna Lumley.
La Nuova Musica was conducted by David Bates.
| Music by | George Frideric Handel |
| Libretto by | Riccardo Broschi |
| English Text | June Chichester |
| Director | John Caird |
| Conductor | David Bates |
| Alcina | Lucy Crowe |
| Ruggiero | Patrick Terry |
| Morgana | Rebecca Bottone |
| Bradamante | Madeleine Shaw |
| Oronte | Christopher Turner |
| Melisso | William Berger |
| Narrator | Joanna Lumley |
| Director | David Bates |
| Violin I | Anaïs Chen (Leader) / Julia Black / Davina Clarke / Simone Pirri |
| Violin II | Eizabeth McCarthy (Principal) / Alice Evans / George Clifford / Alice Poppleton |
| Viola | Jane Rodgers / Jordan Bowron |
| Cello | John Myerscough / Gavin Kibble |
| Double Bass | Judith Evans |
| Harpsichord / Organ | David Bates / Joseph McHardy |
| Oboe | Leo Duarte / Sarah Humphreys |
| Bassoon | Joe Qiu |
| Horn | Anneke Scott / Joseph Walters |
