Orlando Furioso
Baroque opera has made a comeback in popular taste in recent decades, and this production embodies the genre's distinctive qualities: elaborately ornamented da capo arias, the use of high-pitched voices (originally castrati) in heroic roles, and an intricate plot full of implausible relations, misunderstandings, and deceptions among star-crossed lovers. The San Francisco Opera performs Vivaldi's operatic depiction of Ariosto's epic Renaissance poem.
Year: 1990
Genre: Performing Arts
Country: USA
Director: Brian Large
Starring: Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Kathleen Kuhlmann
Duration: 146 Minutes
Rating: Ex
6.8/10
Location in store: Performing Arts
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