Opera buffa in four acts Music by Mozart
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE after BEAUMARCHAIS'S comedy (sung in Italian). Jean-Pierre Ponnelle 's production in a recording from this years Salzburg Festival.
GEOFFREY TATE harpsichord continuo) CHORUS OF 1HE
VIENNA STATE OPERA chorus-master
WALTER HAGEN-GROLL VIENNA PHILHARMONIC orchestra, conducted by BERNHARD KLEE
The action is set in the castle of Aguas Frescas. near Seville, in the 18th century.
Acts 1 and 2