Tragedie lyrique in five acts
World premiere direct from the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London Libretto attrib CAPUSAC Music by Rameau (sung in French)
Alphise, Queen of Bactria. is being pressed to marry one of the two Boriads, sons of the North Wind; but she herself is in love with Abaris, a stranger of royal descent.
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
MONTEVERDI ORCHESTRA leader NONA LIDDELL
Continuo JONATHAN HINDEN and trevor PINNOCK (harpsichords) MARILYN SANSOM (cello) conductor JOHN ELIOT GARDINER Acts 1 and 2