Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Owen Willetts

Orlando

Soprano

Julia Giebel

Angelica

Xiaoyi Xu

Medoro

Julie Grutzka

Dorinda

Bass

Johannes Seokhoon Moon

Zoroastro

Elisabeth Hornung

Frau H

Conductor

Michael Nündel

Stage director

Jörg Oliver Weinöhl

Set designer

Philipp Fürhofer

Dramaturge

Yvonne Gebauer

Staatstheater Darmstadt

Darmstadt

Germany

Staatstheater

Großes Haus

Orlando Händel

Approved

ORLANDO | Opera seria by Georg Friedrich Handel

ORLANDO | Opera seria von Georg Friedrich Händel

"Jörg Weinöhl has created a masterpiece with his first opera production." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Once a great warrior, brave Orlando now devotes all his heroism to winning the love of the beautiful Angelica. When he realizes that Angelica has already given her heart to the Moor Medoro, Orlando goes mad with jealousy. In his blind rage he destroys almost everything that is dear to him. Can a magical intervention bring him back to his senses?

Handel's reworking of the classic heroic epic was not shown in the original version for a good 250 years after the premiere in 1733. The ideas were too modern for that time, too unusual structure and composition. However, the constant alternation between seriousness and subtle humor as well as the sharp analysis of human nature has rightly brought the work back to the big stages in recent years.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew