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''Orlando finto pazzo'' ((:orˈlando ˈfinto ˈpattso); ''Orlando, the Fake Madman'') is an opera (''dramma per musica'') in three acts composed by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Grazio Braccioli. The plot is based on an episode in Matteo Boiardo's unfinished epic poem ''Orlando Innamorato''. The second of Vivaldi's known operas, ''Orlando finto pazzo'' premiered in November 1714 (dedication 10 November)〔Strohm, I, p. 142〕 at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice. Vivaldi acted as impresario (in partnership with his father Giovanni Battista) as well as composer. Apparently the opera did not meet much approval from the audience and was billed only on few dates, just to be replaced, on 1 December, by a revival of Giovanni Alberto Ristori’s ''Orlando furioso'', a work that the Vivaldi "''impresa''" had very successfully staged in 1713.〔A good deal of the music of ''Orlando finto pazzo'' (as well as further music by Vivaldi) was interpolated into the revived work, so that it should be considered a fully-fledged opera by Vivaldi (Strohm, I, p. 122).〕 ==Roles== *Orlando, ''a knight in the service of Charlemagne'', created by Antonio Francesco Carli (bass) *Brandimarte, ''Orlando's friend'', created by Andrea Guerri (soprano castrato) *Ersilla, ''queen and sorceress'', created by Margherita Gualandi, called "la Campioli" (soprano) *Argillano, ''Ersilla's champion and secretly in love with her'', created by Andrea Pacini (contralto castrato) *Tigrinda, ''a priestess, in love with Argillano'', created by Elisabetta Denzio (soprano) *Grifone, ''secretly in love with Tigrinda'', created by Francesco Natali (soprano castrato) *Origille, ''in love with Grifone'', created by Anna Maria Fabbri (contralto) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orlando finto pazzo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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