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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, Steffani's fourth for the Duchy of Hanover. The opera was presented again in Hanover in 1692, and in 1695 it was performed at the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg.

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

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Steffani, Agostino" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 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. Colin Timms (2003). Polymath of the Baroque: Agostino Steffani and His Music. p. 229. ISBN 0195348273. "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. Gerhard Croll (2018). Agostino Steffani. Musiker, Politiker und Kirchenfürst (in German). Vienna: Hollitzer. ISBN 978-3-99012-493-2.

Further reading

• Der Großmüthige Roland: In einem Singe-Spiel (in German). Hamburg. 1695. Auff dem Hamburgischen Theatro vorgestellet
• John Denison Champlin; William Foster Apthorp, eds. (1899). "Orlando Generoso". Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Vol. 3. New York: C. Scribner's Sons.
• Colin Timms (2019). "Steffani as an Opera Composer" (PDF). Boston Early Music Festival.

• Opera

• 1691 operas
• Operas by Agostino Steffani
• Operas based on works by Ludovico Ariosto
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