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William Christie, Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera, Marijana Mijanovic - Handel: Orlando (2008) [Blu-Ray]
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William Christie, Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera, Marijana Mijanović - Handel: Orlando (2008) [Blu-Ray]
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BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 154 min | 41,3 Gb
Audio1: Italian / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit
Classical | BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,970 fps | 154 min | 8,33 Gb
Audio: Italian / DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Sub: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
Orlando (1733) is one of three operas that Handel based on Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. (The other two are Ariodante and Alcina.) The title role was composed as a vehicle for the castrato Senesino. The plot is the usual Baroque entanglement of love both requited and unrequited. Orlando, a great hero in Charlemagne’s army, has been undone by love. Angelica, the Queen of Cathay and his former lover, now loves the African prince Medoro. Medoro, who once promised love to the shepherdess Dorinda, now requites Angelica’s love. In other words, we have two spurned lovers—Dorinda, whose reaction is seriocomic, and Orlando, whose reaction is to fall into madness. Dorinda is clever enough to fend for herself, but the magician Zoroastro must put Orlando back together again. This he successfully does, and Orlando is restored to his former military glory at the end of the opera.
Director Jens-Daniel Herzog has set this 2007 production from Zurich in a sanatorium around the time of World War One. Orlando is a decorated hero who has come for treatment, and Zoroastro is the sanatorium’s head doctor. Dorinda is a pretty nurse. Medoro and Angelica both are given the appearance of high society types.
The most important thing, though, is the music and the singing. Although it is comparatively light on bravura arias, Orlando is one of Handel’s most appealing scores. It sticks in the memory not for being exciting but for being utterly gorgeous. For example, the trio for Medoro, Angelica, and Dorinda that closes act I is an almost Rosenkavalier-like example of the joys that can result from three women’s voices intertwining. (Even in 1733, the male role of Medoro was sung by a woman, not by a castrato.) Another highlight of the score is the mad scene for Orlando, which closes act II. Handel’s use of disjointed phrases and uneven rhythms aptly depicts the disorder inside the hero’s head.
Physically, contralto Marijana Mijanovic is a convincingly male Orlando, although her features are more boyish than maturely masculine. Her lower register is similarly masculine…Sopranos Martina Janková and Christina Clark are absolutely delightful, though. The former has a secure, silvery tone that simultaneously excites and hypnotizes, while the latter seems to be following (adorably) in the footsteps of the young Kathleen Battle. Her basic tone is innocent and girlish, but not immature, and watch out: Clark can move from tearfulness to vengefulness in very little time. She is an accomplished actress, and a voice like hers would make any lamb glad to follow her. Konstantin Wolff, the sole male in the cast, cuts an impressive figure as Zoroastro, and he sings with the necessary authority.
William Christie has conducted this opera in several different places, and his performance here gives the score’s beauties and its drama their due. The orchestra makes a few sour noises, but by and large they contribute positively to the evening’s success. (Raymond Tuttle)
Cast:
Orlando – Marijana Mijanović
Angelica – Martina Janková
Medoro – Katharina Peetz
Dorinda – Christina Clark
Zoroastro – Konstantin Wolff
Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera
William Christie, conductor
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William Christie, Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera, Marijana Mijanovic - Handel: Orlando (2008) [Blu-Ray]
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