Cracked Orlando dramma per musica e fractals

Cracked Orlando dramma per musica e fractals (2010)

The Italian Academy

“Dawe’s score is like Handel in a blender, framing melismatic vocal lines against a dissonant, fragmented instrumental soundscape”
– Joanne Sydney Lessner, Opera News - 3/4/17

Libretto
Terry Marks-Tarlow
Premiere
October 15/16/17 2010
The Italian Academy
New York City
Cast
Anthony Roth Costanzo, ORLANDO
Mary Mackenzie, ANGELICA
Hai-ting, ALCINA
Karim Sulayman, MEDERO
Music Performed By
Second Instrumental Unit
Ryan McAdams, conducting
Dance
Company XIV
Austin McCormick, choreography
Scenography
Zane Pihlstrom
Directed by
Alastair Boag
Subsequent production
On the Beyond The Machine Series, The Juilliard School 2016
Scoring
Vocal:
Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Countertenor, Tenor
Instruments:
Recorder
Oboe
Soprano Saxophone
2 Violins
Violoncello
Doublebass
Guitar/Mandolin/Theorbo (one player)
Percussion (Glockenspiel/Timpani)

Dancers