Bradamante (opera)

Bradamante is an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 2 May 1707. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Pierre-Charles Roy, is based on Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

Sources

Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

Fictional Characters	Angelica Bradamante Brandimarte Ruggiero Angelica and Medoro Rodomonte Astolfo Atlantes Brunello Ferragut Sacripante Agolant Duke Aymon Ganelon Marfisa Maugris Melissa Naimon Oliver Pinabel Renaud de Montauban Zerbino Paladin Brigliadoro

Historical Figures	Roland Charlemagne

Source	Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo La Spagna Entrée d'Espagne

Films	Hearts and Armour (1983)

Opera	La liberazione di Ruggiero (1625) Il palazzo incantato (1642) Roland (1685) Bradamante (1707) Orlando furioso (1714) Orlando furioso (1727) Alcina (1728) Orlando (1733) Ariodante (1735) Les Paladins (1760) Roland (1778) Orlando paladino (1782) Ariodant (1799) Ginevra di Scozia (1801) Bombastes Furioso (1810)

Related	The Castle of Iron "The Song of Roland"

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