Haydn: Orlando Paladino

Orlando paladino, Hob. XXVIII:11
　　Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph
　　Libretto/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/Stage 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
　　Date of Production: 08-05-2009
　　Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
　　Playing Time: 02:47:00
　　Catalogue Number: 2057788
　　UPC: 880242577887
　　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.