Orlando generoso
Orlando Generoso is the 1691 fourth opera of Agostino Steffani to a libretto by Ortensio Mauro after Ariosto's Orlando furioso. It was written for the Duchy of Hanover.[1]
Recording
- Kai Wessel (Orlando), Roberta Invernizzi (Angelica), Susanne Rydén (Bradamante), Franz Vitzthum (Ruggiero), Jörg Waschinski (Medoro), Daniel Lager (Galafro) Wolf Matthias Friedrich (Atlante). Musica Alta Ripa dir. Bernward Lohr 3CD MDG
References
- ^ Colin Timms Polymath of the Baroque: Agostino Steffani and His Music 2003 0195348273 p229 "Ariosto, Mauro, and Steffani: Orlando generoso Orlando generoso (Hanover, i69i) is the only three-act opera by Mauro and Steffani based on a 'modern' literary source — Ariosto's romantic epic, Orlando furioso ... It is a psychological drama, set in a quasi-fairy-tale world that allows librettist and composer to concentrate on the emotions, relationships, and development of the characters involved. ...