(La catena d'Adone) Opera in five acts
Text by OTTAVIO TRONSARELU after GLAMBATTISTA MARINO
Music by Domenico Mazzocchi Sung in Italian
First performed in Rome during the Carnival of 1626
WILLIAM CHRISTIE (harpsichord) , INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE directed by RENE JACOBS Acts 1 and 2 9.30* Interval Reading
9.35* Acts 3, 4 and 5 (Swedish Radio recording from the Swedish Baroque Festival 1984)