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NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
presents

Concert Performance of
FURIOSUS
Opera in two acts
Music by Roberto Scarcella Perino
Libretto by Flora Gagliardi
based on the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto

North American Premiere
February 16, 2023
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center

Robert Tweten, conductor

Cast in order of vocal appearance:

ASTOLFO Omar Najmi
ANGELICA/FIORDILIGI Amani Cole-Felder*
MEDORO/ALCINA Cierra Byrd*
ORLANDO Daniel Rich*
BRADAMANTE Siphokazi Molteno*
RUGGIERO/BRANDIMARTE Brad Walker
RODOMONTE Le Bu*

A Chorus of Magical Creatures:
Anna Elder
Kate Fruchterman
Julie Schoonover
Demetra Adams
Candace-Lynn Matthews
Maria Kolomiets
Sable Strout
Silvana Chu

Orchestra:
Violin I, Doori Na
Violin II, Caroline Drexler
Viola, Tia Allen
Cello, Marta Bagratuni

New Thread Quartet:
Soprano saxophone, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Alto saxophone, Noa Even
Tenor saxophone, Erin Rogers
Baritone saxophone, Zach Herchen

Percussion, Daniel Matei
Piano, Juan José Làzaro *

Artist appears by kind permission of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Inspired by Orlando Furioso, one of the best-known works in Italian literature, the two act opera Furiosus with libretto by Flora Gagliardi takes us on a galactic journey from earth to moon, from mythical to human, highlighting the vicissitudes of life, love, sorcery, and seduction while Roberto Scarcella Perino’s score provides a warm, whimsical, and thoroughly transportive musical underpinning of the unfolding drama.

The North American premiere of Furiosus in concert was made possible by Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.

Originally commissioned by The Opera Theater of Philadelphia, the world premiere of Roberto Scarcella Perino’s opera Furiosus took place on August 25th, 2017, in Città della Pieve at the Teatro Comunale degli Avvaloranti. It was performed again in June 12th, 2019, in Florence at New York University’s Continuum Theater.