Kirsten Blaise sings the role of Angelica in Drottningholm Court Theatre's Orlando Paladino, Summer 2012

This new production is directed by Sigrid T'Hooft, the internationally recognized authority on 18th century staging and theatrical gesture.

Berlin-based Stephan Dietrich designs costumes and stage sets as a freelance artist. In addition to numerous assignments for the theatres of Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna, the focus of his work is Baroque opera and the spectacle of Baroque ballet.

Rickard Söderberg är en av de mest omtalade och framgångsrika operasångarna i Sverige idag. Han är utbildad vid OperaAkademiet i Köpenhamn. Redan under studietiden framträdde han i roller som Don Ottavio i Don Giovanni och Egeo i Cavallis Giasone. I Drottningholms Slottsteaters uppsättning av Haydns Orlando paladino sommaren 2012 har han titelrollen som riddaren Orlando.

Soprano Kirsten Blaise has gained a particular reputation in operatic and concert works of the Baroque and Classical eras, but her repertoire also embraces such composers as Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wagner, and Mahler. In Drottningholms Slottsteaters Orlando paladino summer 2012, she plays the role of Angelica, Queen of Cathay.

Lyrical baritone Pietro Spagnoli is a sought-after interpreter in operas
 by W. A. Mozart, G. Rossini and G. Donizetti. In Drottningholms Slottsteater's Orlando paladino summer 2012, he plays the role of Rodomonte, king of Barbaria.

The Norwegian tenor Magnus Staveland is a much sought after concert and oratorio singer in concert venues and festivals throughout Europe. He has studied at the State Academy of Music in Oslo and at the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater summer 2012, Staveland plays the saracen warrior Medoro.

Tuva Semmingsen was born in Norway and trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Opera Academy in Copenhagen. Debut in 1999 at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro. In Orlando paladino at Drottningholms Slottsteater, summer 2012, she has the part of Alcina, the sorceress.

Daniel Ralphsson har fått en flygande start på karriären och debuterar under 2012 på Kungliga Operan i Stockholm, bland annat i rollen som Monostatos i Trollflöjten. I Drottningholms Slottsteaters uppsättning av Orlando paladino sommaren 2012 har han rollen som Pasquale, Orlandos väpnare.

Haydn's opera Orlando Paladino, which will open at the Drottningholm Court Theatre on July 29, 2012, is based on the medieval legend of the knight Roland (Orlando), who is madly in love with Angelica, Queen of Cathay. The performance stars Rickard Söderberg, Kirsten Blaise and Pietro Spagnoli. Please download the program folder as a pdf below.