Director Julia Burbach places the story of Alcina in a clever frame story, which brings the intense depth of this woman's feelings even closer to us. We accompany the protagonist to a kind of psychological island that becomes a protected space for dealing with her emotional abysses. Because even though the play has a lot of stage magic in store, it is about real feelings of real people: We experience Alcina's journey from an angry abandoned woman to a desperate lover to a broken woman, accompanied by a lively and expressive music. In close collaboration with conductor Dominic Limburg, Julia Burbach has developed a very special version for Wuppertal, which, through bold cuts and a partially changed order, offers a completely new perspective on George Frideric Handel's otherwise unadulterated opera and takes Alcina's personal development a step further.