Where are his operas Haydn?
Tag: Ariosto
153. Roland / Iphigénie en Tauride (Piccinni)
Gluck's rival.
124. Orlando furioso (Vivaldi)
Vivaldi, like his wicked sorceress Alcina, enchants the senses, then lures us into a queasily erotic nightmare of the sort we associate more with Richard Strauss than opera seria.


