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. "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." 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
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