Orlando Furioso was ahead of its time in both structure and content and has influenced numerous works of art, music and literature including Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing, Don Quixote, operas by Vivaldi and Handel and modern fiction and fantasy. Our female owner/lead designer was drawn to the strong female characters in the poem, who repeatedly challenge medieval perceptions of women as mere accessories, and to the perspective-altering themes that are central to the plot, where a changed point of view can flip your understanding of a situation on its head.
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