Sicilian puppet theater:
From La rotta di Roncisvalle, Figli d’Arte Cuticchio
I: “Il consiglio dei paladini di Carlomagno”:
II: “L’arrivo di Rinaldo a Roncisvalle”:
Palermo, December 28, 2002.
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From La morte di Orlando, I paladini.
I: Gano proposes his treacherous plan to the Saracen king Marsilio:
[clip to be uploaded soon]
II: Gano reveals his intentions after Roncevaux in a soliloquy:
III: The battle of Roncevaux from behind the scenes:
IV: Before his death, Orlando asks pardon for having killed in battle but also accepts this is the nature of war:
Acireale, 2003.
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From: La morte di Orlando, Antica Compagnia Opera dei Pupi Famiglia Puglisi.
I: Orlando wants to bring Marsilio in chains to Carlomagno’s feet:
II: Gano reveals his plan to Marsilio:
III: Oliviero’s death and Orlando’s lament:
IV: Orlando’s death:
Sortino, 2003.
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Primaria compagnia siciliana dell’opera dei pupi di Caltagirone (5 clips):
Charlemagne is worried that he hasn’t heard news from Orlando of Marsilio’s baptism; Gano reveals his treachery in a soliloquy:
An angel appears to the penitent Rinaldo and instructs him to head to Roncisvalle to fight a final battle:
Rinaldo approaches Roncisvalle where he encounters Buiaforte, son of the Veglio della Montagna, learns of Gano’s treachery, then turns the tide of the battle:
Orlando blows the olifant:
Reunion of Rinaldo and Orlando; morte di Orlando:
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Epic maggio:
Scenes from the Roncisvalle by Romolo Fioroni, performed by the Compagnia Maggistica di Costabona.
Roncisvalle (libretto)
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Excerpt from Enrico Messina’s Orlando: furiosamente solo rotolando:
Italian Academy, Columbia University, October 1, 2015. For all available scenes from this performance, see the Enrico Messina page.
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Cantastorie:
Otello Profazio:
An angel exhorts Rinaldo to go to Roncisvalle, from Pulci’s Morgante (22.216–17):
From I PALADINI DI FRANCIA , a cura di Fortunato Pasqualino, regia di Piero Turchetti (RAI scuola, 1969).
For Rinaldo’s role in the Battle of Roncisvalle from the Morgante to puppet theater:
Cavallo, Jo Ann. “The Ideological Battle of Roncevaux: The Critique of Political Power from Pulci’s Morgante to Sicilian Puppet Theatre Today.” In Luigi Pulci in Renaissance Florence and Beyond. Eds. James K. Coleman and Andrea Moudarres. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. 209-32.