Orlando furioso

Opera ('dramma per musica') in three acts, RV 728
Music: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Libretto: Grazio Braccioli (1682-1752)
First performance: 1727, in Venice (Teatro Sant'Angelo)

Orlando: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Alcina: Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Angelica: Verónica Cangemi, soprano
Ruggiero: Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Astolfo: Christian Senn, bass-baritone
Bradamante: Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Medoro: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano

Chœur de l'Opéra de Nice,
and Ensemble Matheus,
conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Stage director: Pierre Audi

12, 14, 16, 18 and 22 March 2011 - 7:30 pm
20 March 2011 - 5:00 pm

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Paris, France

(Source: Programme)