Agostino Steffani (1654-1728): Orlando generoso

Drama per il Theatro d'Hannover (1691)

Libretto: Ortensio Mauro

MDG 309 1556-2 (3 CDs)

CD 1: Sinfonia, Act 1 (65'31)
CD 2: Act 2 (55'04)
CD 3: Act 3 (41'41)

Jörg Waschinski (Medoro) has the following arias:
Più caro tesoro (CD 1 [15])
Pupille serene (CD 1 [28])
Bastan due sguardi à consolar un core (CD 2 [15], duetto with Angelica)
Suole in sen d'acuti strali (CD 2 [17.2])
Se non vi bacio, se non vi miro (CD 2 [34])
Non si desperi, nò (CD 3 [9], duetto with Bradamante)
Se l'amar vago sembiante (CD 3 [17])
O caro Genitor! (CD 3 [21], duetto with Angelica)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Galafro: Daniel Lager (countertenor)
Angelica: Roberta Invernizzi (soprano)
Bradamante: Susanne Rydén (soprano)
Orlando: Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Ruggiero: Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)
Medoro: Jörg Waschinski (sopranista)
Atlante: Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass)

Musica Alta Ripa (on period instruments):
Danya Segal and Stefan Möhle: recorders
Annette Berryman and Eva Endel: oboes
Adrian Rovatkay: bassoon
Anne Röhrig and Ulla Bundies: violins
Klaus Bundies: viola
Nicholas Selo: violoncello
Jacques van der Meer: double bass
Michael Dücker: chitarrone
Ralf Waldner: harpsichord and chamber organ

conductor at the harpsichord: Bernward Lohr

live recording: June 29 and 30, 2008, Galerie, Hannover-Herrenhausen