Beware the Sorceress!

Monday, December 7, 2015, 7:00 pm
Image of The Sorceress artwork
In anticipation of SF State's spring 2016 production of Handel's Alcina, opera students perform classic scenes featuring famous operatic and mythological sorceresses. Opera Workshop scenes performance. Directed by Christine Brandes. Free.
Location: 
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Directions: 
Sponsor: 
School of Music
Contact: 
SF State Box Office
Phone: 
415-338-2467
Event extras: 

Featured scenes

  • Handel’s Rinaldo (Armida)
  • Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Sorceress)
  • Gluck’s Armide
  • Cherubini’s Medea
  • Handel’s Amadigi (Melissa)
  • Handel’s Alcina

Note: sorceress in parentheses if not the title character

Image: Jan van de Velde II. The Sorceress. 1626.