I furiosi
An 'opera by stealth' recital-video adaptation of the solo material for second voices of Händel's mid-1730s Ariosto trilogy: ORLANDO, ARIODANTE and ALCINA. A kind of 'metatext recital‘, the performance charts a path of buried post-Enlightenment malaise against a backdrop of Jean Rouch-inspired vérité documentary material taken with contemporary creatives, artists and makers.
Presented in Uferstudios Studio 1, 1-3 September 2023.
Soprano: Katherine Manley
Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Huntley
Tenor: Ferdinand Keller
Cembalo: Gerd Amelung
Violin / Recorder: Miako Klein
Cello: Stefano Cucuzzella
Glen Sheppard, Concept / Direction / Room / Video editing
Derya Issever and Michael Sontag, Styling
Fritz Polzer, Visual ethnography
Presented in Uferstudios Studio 1, 1-3 September 2023.
Soprano: Katherine Manley
Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Huntley
Tenor: Ferdinand Keller
Cembalo: Gerd Amelung
Violin / Recorder: Miako Klein
Cello: Stefano Cucuzzella
Glen Sheppard, Concept / Direction / Room / Video editing
Derya Issever and Michael Sontag, Styling
Fritz Polzer, Visual ethnography