Orlando Furioso (1970) - repro

Luca Ronconi’s revolutionary avant-garde theatrical extravaganza 'Orlando Furioso' exploded onto the New York stage in 1970, turning a massive bubble dome arena in Bryant Park into an absolute milestone of environmental performance art history. Expertly adapting Ludovico Ariosto’s epic 16th-century Italian Renaissance poem, the high-octane production completely discarded traditional linear book formatting and stage configurations to have the actors glide among the standing audience on rolling iron platforms, executing medieval battles of knights and monsters, tracked here.