Dramma in musica
Libretto by GIOVANNI FAUSTINI
Music by Francesco Cavalli realised by RAYMOND LEPPARD
Sung in Italian .
First broadcast
From the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Cast in order o/ singing:
Continuo:
Jonathan Hinden and Roy Jesson (harpsichords) Courtney Kenny (organ) Elisabeth Fletcher (harp)
Robert Spencer , Desmond Dupr é and Ian Harwood
(lutes and chitarrones) Freddie Phillips (guitar) Terence Weil , Joy Hall and Christopher Irby (cellos)
William Webster and David James (double-basses)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader, Rodney Friend
Conducted by Raymond Leppard
Produced by GUNTHER RENNERT Head of Music Staff, Jani Strasser
ACT 1