Glimpses of Central City Opera's 2011 North American premiere production of AMADIGI DI GAULA.
Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
Anonymous Libretto adapted from Antoine Houdar de la Motte's Libretto Amadis de Grèce
Performing Edition Preparation: Matthew Halls and Brian Clark
Conductor: Matthew Halls
Director: Alessandro Talevi
Scenic and Costume Designer: Madeleine Boyd
Lighting Designer: David Martin Jacques
Wig/Makeup Designer: Jason Allen / Ronell Oliveri
CAST
Amadigi: Christopher Ainslie
Dardano: David Trudgen
Melissa: Kathleen Kim
Oriana: Katherine Manley
Orgando: Jonathan Matthews
Ensemble: Central City Opera Apprentice and Studio Artists
Performed by the Central City Opera Festival Orchestra with Baroque Continuo: Patrick T. Jones (Harpsichord); Kate Haynes (Baroque Cello); Madeleine Owen, Matthew Wadsworth (Theorbo and Baroque Guitar)
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Translation courtesy of Supertitlist Tom Getty:
Ah, cruel man, are you not moved by a love so constant Which makes me long for you?
You do not know how much you anger
The loving soul you would betray.