Haydn's Orlando paladino is an exotic story of love, jealousy and magic and is a beguiling mixture of heroism and comedy. The opera features an exotic cast of mythic and historical characters including the Queen of Cathay, the King of Barbary, a chorus of shepherds, savages and Saracens alongside the fabled warrior of medieval France, the Paladin of the great Charlemagne.
Making his Edinburgh International Festival debut, the renowned Belgian conductor René Jacobs leads a brilliant cast of singers, accompanied by the peerless interpreters of the classical repertoire, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Read more …
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and René Jacobs: ‘makes music with often intoxicating verve.' Die Welt
This concert will be broadcast on 17 September 2011 on BBC Radio 3's Opera on 3.
Supported by The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh
Usher Hall, Edinburgh from Thursday August 25, 2011. More info: www.usherhall.co.uk