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Haydn's Operas: II mondo della luna

BBC Radio 3
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(The World on the Moon)
The last programme in the series is Haydn's comedy, after the play by Carlo Goldoni.
A fake astrologer persuades a rich and gullible old man that he has made a journey to the moon - an elaborate ruse designed to allow the old man's daughters to marry the men of their choice.
Sung in Italian.
Suisse Romande Radio
Chorus
Lausanne Chamber
Orchestra, conductor
Antal Dorati
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Contributors

Play By:
Carlo Goldoni.
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Buonafede:
Domenico Trimarchi (bar)
Clarice:
Edith Mathis (sop)
Flaminia:
Arleen Auger (sop)
Lisetta:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo)
Ecclitico:
Luigi Alva (tenor)
Ernesto:
Lucia Valentini Terrani (mezzo)
Cecco:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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