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Brooklyn Academy of Music 1996 Spring Season Julian Lethbridge, Untitled, 1995, Oil on Linen, 72 x 60" Orlando Orchestral and Vocal Music G.F. Handel YOU WON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU GO SOTHEBY'S IF YOU THINK SOTHEBY'S I S JUST SOME STUFFY AUCT ION HOUSE Til AT SEL LS ANTIQ\) ES TO YOUR GRANDMOTHER, THEN IT'S T I ME TO KISS YOUR MISCONCEPTIONS GOODBYE. All Sotheby's exhibitions and auctions are free and everyone is welcome. 212 606 7087 left: My Secret Business, 1992 Kiki Smith BAM signed edit1on of 225. 221/2" X 30!4" duotone lithograph. Printed by U.L A.E $400 1nd1vidually bottom nght: Flowers, I 993 Donald Baechler BAM signed edition of 250. 36" X 28" silkscreen. Printed by Studio Heinrici Ltd. $400 individually In The Paddy Wagon • Arthur Fellig (a.k.a Weegee) $500 1nd1vidually At Sammy's In Tho Bowery • c.a. I 944 Arthur Fellig (a.k.a . 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Ariosto's Orlando Furioso Performed in three acts Conducted by William Christie Directed by Robert Carsen Running time: Sets and costumes by Antony McDonald approximately three Lighting designed by Dominique Brugiere and one half hours, and realized by Thierry Fratissier including intermissions with Orlando was first per- Orlando Angelica formed on January 27, Patricia Bardon Rosemary Joshua 1733 at the Haymarket Theater, London Medora Dorinda Zoroastro Hilary Summers Rosa Mannion Harry van der Kamp and Les Arts Florissants A co-production of Festival Internationa l d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, Opera de Montpell ier, Theatre des Champs Elysees, Opera de Flandres and Theatre de Caen Leadership support has been provided by Association Franc;aise d'Action Artistique r.J1 ::r.i.'IJ The John Nuveen Company The Florence Gould Foundation NUVEEN C Les Arts Florissants is supported by The French Ministry of Culture, the town of Caen , the Regional Authority for Basse-Normandie. q PECHINEY has sponsored Les Arts Florissants since 1990. 1 1996 BAM Opera Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council season is made Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden possible by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. The Norman and Rosita Winston Fou ndation, Inc. The Howa rd Gilman Foundation Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust The MetroTech Downtown Fund Morgan Stanley Group Inc. Dow Jones Foundation Robert W. Wilson and the following endowed program funds Michael Bancroft Goth Endowed Annual Performance Fund The Charles and Va lerie Diker Dance Endowment Fund Leadership support The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Association Fran<;a ise d'Action has been provided by Artistique and the Cu ltural Services of the French Embassy in New York, The John Nuveen Company and Th e Florence Gould Foundati on Major support provided by The Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Tru st The lsak and Rose Wei nman Foundation, Inc. France Telecom North America Salomon Brothers Inc The American Friends of Les Arts Florissants Anthony T. Dean, Arthur A. Hartman and Harvey Lichtenstein Co-Founders with generous support from Anne H. Bass, Tony and Lawrie Dean, Michael Pa lm, Mr. Socrates Nicholas and Mr. Gera rd Bell. Charter members: Mr. & Mrs. Wi lliam L. Christie, Mary Sharp Cronson, Catherine G. Curran, The Gladys Krieb le Delmas Foundation, Pryor Dodge, Lorna Ferguson & Terry Clark, Louise Grunwald, Mr. & Mrs. John S. Reed, Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Rogers, Carolyn S. Roehm. Air France is the official ai rline for this presentation. The Brooklyn Academy of Music Bruce C. Ratner Chairman of the Board Harvey Lichtenstein President & Executive Producer presents in the BAM Carey Playhouse February 11 at 3pm Running time: Les Arts Florissants approximately two hours, including William Christie, Conductor intermission Veronique Gens, Soprano Hiro Kurosaki , Violin Concerto Grosso No.1, op.6 Motet "Silete venti" Concerto Grosso No.6, op.6 Sonata for 5 Excerpts from Ode for St. Cecilia's Day Les Arts Florissants is supported by The French Ministry of Culture, the town of Caen, the Regional Authority for Basse-Normandie. PECHINEY has sponsored Les Arts Florissants since 1990. I I Act I Night. Zoroastro, a magician, studies Orlando's destiny in the movement of the stars. Orlando appears, torn by conflict between his heroic duty and his love for Angelica, Queen of Cathay. Zoroastro reveals himself to be the hero's spiritual guardian, and urges him to abandon his pursuit of love, and to follow only his duty. He illustrates his advice with a vision depicting the dangers of sensual love. However, Orlando believes that he will be able to reconcile both his love and his duty... In a forest, the shepherdess Dorinda reflects on her happiness and her love for Medoro, an African prince. When Orlando suddenly appears rescuing an unknown woman, Dorinda concludes that he too must be subject to the laws of desire ... Angelica once loved Orlando (who saved her life), but now confesses to herself her new passion for Medoro. He loves her too, and Angelica promises him that he shall share her kingdom. Medoro's dilemma is how to break this news to Dorinda, whom he no longer loves. Unable to tell her the truth, he reassures her that he still cares for her. Dorinda allows herself to be deceived by his lie ... Angelica finds herself in a similar predicament to Medoro: unable to confess to Orlando that she no longer loves him, she accuses him of loving another woman. Orlando denies this, and declares that he would face any danger to prove the strength of his love. Angelica and Medoro decide to escape before Orlando discovers the truth, but before they can leave, Dorinda finds them together. The lovers try to console the distraught girl. Angelica gives her a bracelet. Dorinda foresees for herself only sadness and solitude. Interm ission Act II Listening to the nightingale's song, Dorinda finds echoes of her own sad ness. She shows Orlando the bracelet which Angelica gave to her, and he immediately recognizes it as a present he once gave to Angelica. Dorinda also tells Orlando that Angelica now loves Medoro, the man she herself adores. Orlando, in a suicidal fury, swears to pursue Angelica as far as the ga tes of Hell. ... Zoroastro offers to help Angelica and Medoro, advising them to let reason be their guide. Medoro carves his and Angelica's initials in the bark of a tree as a permanent witness of their love. Angelica feels guilty for deserting Orlando but rea lizes tha t she cannot control her love for Medoro. She bids farewell to the trees which first witnessed their love ... Orlando is enraged to discover their initials carved on a tree and pursues Angelica. She is protected by Zoroastro and escapes him. Orlando, completely overwhelmed by his conflicting emotions, loses his reason. In his mad hallucination, he imagines that he has descended into Hell where he sees Charon's boat, Pluto surrounded by smoke and flame, the barking Cerberus, and even Medoro in the arms of Persephone, who weeps ... Inte rmi ssion fy Act Ill Medora returns to Dorinda's house to wai t for Angelica. Dorinda wishes he had returned for her, but he explains that his heart is no longer his own to offer. Orlando appears and declares his love for Dorinda. She is at first flattered, but soon rea lizes that he is still mad. Dorinda tells Angelica of Orlando's madness. Angel ica expresses her pity for him. Dorinda reflects on love, a power which brings as much pain as joy... In order to restore Orlando to his senses, Zoroastro transforms the scene into a nigh tm are landscape. Dorinda, in tears, tells Angelica that Orlando has destroyed her house, and buried Medora alive in the ruins. Orlando threatens to kill Angelica; lamenting Medora's fate, she begs him to do so. He kills her... Declaring that he has now rid the world of all its monsters, Orlando fal ls into a deep sleep.