🎬 La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina

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La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina is an opera by Francesca Caccini, first performed in Florence in 1625. It is the earliest surviving opera composed by a woman. The work draws on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso, telling how the knight Ruggiero is freed from the enchantress Alcina's island.