Orlando paladino, Hob. XXVIII:11

Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph

Librettist/Text Author: Porta, Nunziato

Libretto Source: Badini, Carlo Francesco

Conductor: Jacobs, Rene

Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Alcina: Pendatchanska, Alexandrina

Angelica: Petersen, Marlis

Caronte: Kataja, Arttu

Eurilla: Im, Sunhae

Licone: Kataja, Arttu

Medoro: Staveland, Magnus

Orlando: Randle, Tom

Pasquale: Torres, Victor

Rodomonte: Spagnoli, Pietro

Producer: Smaczny, Paul

Set Designer: Lowery, Nigel

Costume Designer: Lowery, Nigel

Lighting Designer: Freese, Olaf

Choreographer: Hosseinpour, Amir

Stage Director: Hosseinpour, Amir

Stage Director: Lowery, Nigel

Television Producer: Atteln, Gunter

Television Director: Morell, Andreas

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Date of Production: 08-05-2009

Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

Playing Time: 02:47:00

Catalogue Number: EuroArts5778

UPC: 880242577887

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In the Summer of 2009, the British director Nigel Lowery and the Iranian choreographer Amir Hosseinpour brought to the stage of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden, with colour and full of humour, the fantastic and imaginative adventures of "Racing Roland". On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn, the composer's most renowned opera during his lifetime,Orlando Paladino, was performed, a heroic-comical stage piece based on Ariost's famous Versepos. Singers such as Marlis Petersen (Angelica), Tom Randle (Orlando), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Alcina), Pietro Spagnoli (Rodomonte), Sunhae Im (Eurilla) and Victor Torres (Pasquale) performed under the musical direction of period-music specialist René Jacobs. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra completed this high-class production giving the music a beautiful sound and lively swing.