I Furiosi, Ufer Studios ‘24

An 'opera by stealth' recital-video adaptation of the solo material for second voices of Händel's mid-1730s Ariosto trilogy: ORLANDO, ARIODANTE and ALCINA. A kind of 'metatext recital‘, the performance charts a path of buried post-Enlightenment malaise against a backdrop of Jean Rouch-inspired vérité documentary material taken with contemporary creatives, artists and makers.

Concept / Direction / Room / Video editing: Glen Sheppard
Styling: Derya Issever and Michael Sontag
Visual Ethnography: Fritz Polzer

Soprano: Katherine Manley
Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Huntley
Tenor: Ferdinand Keller
Cembalo: Gerd Amelung
Violin & Recorder: Miako Klein
Cello: Stefano Cucuzzella

Video Interview Perfomers: Crispin Lord, Steven Warwick, Sarah Thom, and others.