Cracked Orlando

• Recasting energies and sounds of the Italian Baroque, CRACKED ORLANDO Drama per Musica e Fractals (2010) is a opera/ballet that re-forges early eighteenth century music through compositional workings based upon fractal geometry. The affects and emotions of Love, Betrayal, and Forgiveness are augmented and intensified in this highly-mannered miniature work, running just under and hour.  In keeping with these ideas, the text has been extracted from the libretto originally used by Vivaldi, and rebuilt using Fibonacci growth patterns.

Cracked Orlando from the epic fantastic tale by Ariosto, tells the story of Orlando, who in love with Angelica, pursues her to the island of the sorcerer Alcina, only to discover that she truly loves Medoro.  Trapped within Alcina’s enchanted realm and distraught with profound jealousy and despair he is taken by great madness.  His sickness resolves only when Alcina’s power is broken, all illusions are lifted, and her lush island is revealed as the barren desert it truly is.

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Dramma per Musica e Fractals BY JONATHAN DAWE

OCTOBER 15/16/17 2010 8pm
Italian Academy  118 St. & Amsterdam

Cracked Orlando
Dramma per Musica e Fractals

BY JONATHAN DAWE
Terry Marks-Tarlow, libretto

2010
SECOND INSTRUMETAL UNIT
David Fulmer/Eliot Gattengno, directors
Ryan McAdams, Conductor
Scenography by Zane Pihlstrom
Directed by Alastair Boag

COMPANY XIV
AUSTIN McCORMICK, director

Photo Credits: Kurt Dietrich/Zane Pihlstrom (scenography)