Georg Friedrich Händel’s striking opera Orlando is a profound exploration of the human mind. Under the musical direction of Ivor Bolton, stage director Claus Guth draws inspiration from the film Taxi Driver, starring Robert De Niro, to portray Orlando as a war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress, with Christophe Dumaux as Orlando, Anna Prohaska as Angelica, and Anthony Roth Costanzo as Medoro.
Based on Ludovico Ariosto’s famous epic poem Orlando Furioso, the opera depicts the destructive spiral of jealousy and alienation experienced by a soldier unable to reintegrate into society after returning from war, culminating in a spectacular and famous scene of madness.
With the collaboration of Spanish National Radio
Title from the archive of Teatro Real, available for subscribers.
Opera in three acts
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Anonymous libretto adapted from L’Orlando by Carlo Sigismondo Capece, based as well on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso
Premiered at the King's Theatre in London on January 27, 1733
Premiere at Teatro Real
New production of Teatro Real, from Theater an der Wien
Artistic team
Conductor | Ivor Bolton
Stage director | Claus Guth
Set and costume designer | Christian Schmidt
Lighting designer | Bernd Purkrabek
Playwright | Ronny Dietrich
Video | Rocafilm
Cast
Orlando | Christophe Dumaux
Angelica | Anna Prohaska
Medoro | Anthony Roth Costanzo
Dorinda | Giulia Semenzato
Zoroastro | Florian Boesch
Teatro Real Orchestra
