Handel: Orlando | the Baroque opera performed in a New York City community garden

0:00 - Overture: Orlando in love
SCENE I
2:07 - Zoroastro: “Gieroglifici eterni!” / Beautiful mysteries that elude the human mind.
3:44 - Orlando: “Stimulato dalla gloria” / The soul and the heart divide me!
SCENE II
5:29 - Dorinda: “Ho un certo rossore” / Is this joy or is this torment I feel for Medoro?
8:37 - Angelica/Medoro duet: “Ritornava al sun bel viso” / Your beautiful face makes my heart melt with love.
10:15 - Medoro: “Se il cor mai ti dirà” / I could never forget you.
12:15 - Angelica: “Se fedel vuoi ch’io ti creda” / Show me your faith, Medoro. Heart, be brave. Become the Hero, Orlando.
16:27 - Orlando: “Fammi combattere” / I'll vanquish monsters and demons, proving my love for Angelica.
SCENE III
20:18 - Dorinda: “Se mi rivolgo al prato” / I see Medoro in every flower I hold.
22:39 - Medoro, Angelica & Dorinda: “Consulate, o Bella” / You are worthy and will someday find love. No, I only find pain!
27:38 - Dorinda: “Quando spieghi I tuoi tormenti” / Nightingale, your singing weeps with me.
31:08 - Orlando: “Cielo! Se tu il consenti” / Ye Gods! Let the sword enter me!
33:16 - Zoroastro: “Tra caligini profonde” / Love merely steers us toward danger and disastrous ruin.
SCENE IV
39:00 - Medoro: “Verdi Allori, sempre unito” / Dear intertwined branches, you herald our love.
44:29 - Angelica: “Verdi piante, erbette lite” / Bless you and bless this lovely grove.
47:21 - Orlando: “Ah! Stigie larve” / Evil specters, surrender her! She has killed me and every terrible, squalid fury comes! Even in hell, they cry for love. Don’t weep - ah pity rises, yet my heart has turned to stone.
47:21 - Orlando: “Ah! Stigie larve” / Evil specters, surrender her! I row across the Styx. She has killed me. Every terrible, squalid fury comes! My rage lessens, as even in hell, they cry for love. Don’t weep! Ah, pity rises. Yet, my heart is hard as diamonds.
54:28 - Dorinda: “Amore è qual vento” / Look at him. Love’s short pleasures brings a long sadness.
SCENE V
59:24 - Zoroastro: “Sorge infausta una procella” / Even in the darkness, a star shines through. The Hero awakens.
1:03:45 - Angelica/Orlando duet: “Finchè prendi ancor il sangue” / Take my sad tears. I only want blood!
1:06:20 - Orlando: “Già l’ebro mio ciglio” / Ah, sweet slumber at last. Cruel love, do not wake me.
1:10:37 - Orlando: “Vinse incanti” / I shall conquer my own monster. Angelica and Medoro shall be together.
1:11:10 - Tutti: “Trionfo oggi’l mio cor” / Love is triumphant today with equal praise for heart and soul.

"Orlando: Hero of Love" by George Frideric Handel
a distillation of the original, created by Jeffrey Mandelbaum
filmed & edited by H. Paul Moon
additional camera by Kyabell Glass

featuring in order of appearance:
Hans Tashjian as Zoroastro
Jeffrey Mandelbaum as Orlando
Elyse Anne Kakacek as Dorinda
Hai-Ting Chinn as Medoro
Heather Hill as Angelica

Baroque Orchestra:
Rafa Prendergast, lead violin
Jessica Park, violin
Jessica Troy, viola
Cullen O’Neil, cello
Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsichord

Marty Jeiven, Executive Producer
Jeffrey Mandelbaum, Artistic Director
Gregory Moomjy & Marianna Mott Newirth, Co-Creative Producers
Patrick Smith, Production Assistant
Linda Monssen, Vocal Coach
H. Paul Moon, Sound Recording & Mastering

Filmed at Campos Community Garden, New York City, on May 29, 2022
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