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Mozart's Lucio Silla

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Opera in three acts
Words by GIOVANNI DE GAMERRA Music by Mozart
English version based on the translation by ANDREW PORTER
Lucio Silla was Mozart's eighth work for the stage. He was still only 16 when he wrote it.
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS. chorus-master STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS Repetiteur and harpsichord continuo NOEL DAVIES
Producer ERNEST WARBURTON Act 1

Contributors

Translation By:
Andrew Porter
Translation By:
Lucio Silla
Chorus Master:
Stephen Wilkinson
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
Producer:
Ernest Warburton
Cecilius, a proscribed Senator:
Pauline Tinsley(soprano)
Cinna, a patrician, friend of Cecilius and secret enemy of Silla:
Vlctoria Sumner(soprano)
Silla, Dictator of Rome:
John Mitchinson(tenor)
Celia, his sister:
Jessica Cash(soprano)
Aufidius, a tribune and friend of Silla:
David Hillman(tenor)
Julia, daughter of Marius and betrothed to Cecilius:
Jeanette Scovotti(soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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