Aude Extrémo (Orlando); Ana Maria Labin (Angelica); Yuriy Mynenko (Medoro); Alina Wunderlin (Dorinda); Edward Jowle (Zoroastro)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski, conductor
This season, Marc Minkowski is extending his collaboration with Les Arts thanks to the return of his period instrument orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre. Following the unforgettable previous evenings of Mitridate and Alcina, it is now the turn of Handel's Orlando, performed in concert by outstanding voices such as that of the young French mezzo Aude Extrémo, whose opulent dark timbre is ideal for the tragic and passionate temperament of the protagonist. The compassionate yet firm Angelica, who rejects Orlando's love, is played by soprano Ana Maria Labin, a highly regarded Baroque and Mozart performer and regular collaborator with Minkowski. Her beloved Medoro is played by Ukrainian countertenor Yuriy Mynenko - an expert in Handel's operas - which he has performed at the Salzburg Festival and the Concertgebouw
