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Alcina lustful fairy. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso] See : Lust Alcina Circelike spellmaker; defeated by good magic. [Br. Opera: Handel, Alcina, Westerman, 54–55] See : Witchcraft How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And Curran's new piece, set to Handel arias,
wouldn't exist had not the City Opera invited him to do Alcina. Joe de Acosta, Historia natural y moral de
las Indias, Jose Alcina Franch [ed. Ruggiero's education depends on
the revelation of Alcina as a hag, a moment in which the knight,
"reading" Alcina's "pages," learns a lesson
both sexual and hermeneutic. |
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