An extended edition presenting Berlioz's huge operatic masterpiece The Trojans complete in a recording from La Scala, Milan, conducted by celebrated Berlioz interpreter Colin Davis.

In part one, The Fall of Troy, Jane Henschel leads the cast as the prophet of doom, Cassandra. The Trojans, rejoicing in their enemies' gift of the wooden horse, ridicule Cassandra's gloomy warnings of the city's destruction. But the warnings prove all too accurate, and Cassandra and the Trojan women kill themselves. As she had also prophesied, however, the heroic prince Aeneas escapes with his army to found a new Troy in Italy.

Part two, The Trojans at Carthage, finds Aeneas dallying en route with Dido, queen of Carthage. But can Aeneas deny his destiny?

Sung in French.
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conductor Colin Davis