Orlando generoso explained

Orlando generoso is an opera of Agostino Steffani composed to a libretto by Ortensio Mauro after Ariosto's Orlando furioso. The opera was written in 1691,^[1] Steffani's fourth for the Duchy of Hanover.^[2] The opera was presented again in Hanover in 1692, and in 1695 it was performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg.^[3]

See also

• List of compositions by Agostino Steffani

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

Further reading

• Book: Der Großmüthige Roland: In einem Singe-Spiel . Auff dem Hamburgischen Theatro vorgestellet . de . Hamburg . 1695 .
• Book: John Denison Champlin . William Foster Apthorp . 1899 . Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians . C. Scribner's Sons . New York . 3 . Orlando Generoso. https://books.google.com/books?id=By4RMkoOYvEC&pg=PA49 .
• Web site: Steffani as an Opera Composer . Colin Timms . 2019 . Boston Early Music Festival.

Notes and References

1. Steffani, Agostino. 25. 869-870; see page 869 . For the same theatre he composed La Lotta d’Ercole con Achilleo in 1689, La Superbia d’Alessandro in 1690, Orlando generoso in 1691.....
2. Book: . Polymath of the Baroque: Agostino Steffani and His Music . 2003 . 0195348273 . 229 . "Ariosto, Mauro, and Steffani: Orlando generoso (Hanover, 1691) 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."
3. Book: Gerhard Croll. Gerhard Croll. Agostino Steffani. Musiker, Politiker und Kirchenfürst . 2018. . Vienna . 978-3-99012-493-2 . de.