Orlando Paladino – review

Usher Hall, EdinburghSwathes of empty seats in the Usher Hall confirmed that, no matter how classy your pit band, a Haydn opera in concert performance will only ever have limited appeal.Orlando Paladino isn't a bad opera – it's got all the conventional heartbreak, buffoonery, madness and magic that the court theatre at Esterháza could have wanted from its resident composer in 1782. But neither is it wildly original. The plot, similar to Handel's Orlando, revolves around a knight of Charlemagn...

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