Opera in 3 acts (RV 728), premiered in Venice in 1727.
Libretto by Grazio Braccioli, after Ariosto.
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto (Orlando) ; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano (Alcina) ; Verónica Cangemi, soprano (Angelica) ; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor (Ruggiero) ; Christian Senn, baritone (Astolfo) ; Kristina Hammarström, mezzo-soprano (Bradamante) ; Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano (Medoro) ; Choeur du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées ; Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, conductor.
Ed. recorded: critical ed. by Federico Maria Sardelli, Italian Vivaldi Institute; performing ed. by Frédéric Delaméa & Jean-Christoph Spinosi.
Co-production of Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra de Nice, & Opéra national de Lorraine.
Program notes by Delaméa, Spinosi & Bruls and synopsis by Delaméa in French & English inserted in container.
Willem Bruls, dramaturg ; Patrick Kinmonth, [stage] design & costumes ; Peter van Praet, lighting ; Olivier Simonnet, video director.
Recorded in Mar. 2011 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris.
Sung in Italian, with English sub-titles.