La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina was first performed in Florence in 1625 to celebrate the visit of the future King Wladislaw IV of Poland. It was an extravagant performance including a "horse-ballet" and expensive scene transformations.

• Biographical information and performance history
• Brief synopsis of La Liberazione
• A brief list of musical events
• A musical analysis
• A comparison with other operatic works
• La Liberazione - balleto or opera?
• Listen to excerpts from the opera!
• Bibliography
• Glossary

•  Women Composers (Includes a nice discussion of Francesci Caccini's works).
• Women Composers in the Western Tradition

• Gateway page to MUSL 243
• Baroque and Classical Links

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