ossia L'isola di Circe In Gluck's two-act opera from 1765, Telemachus discovers his father has been turned into a tree by the evil enchantress Circe, to keep him imprisoned on her island. Circe decides to liberate him but Telemachus will not flee without another of her captives, Asteria, the girl he loves. His father Ulysses thinks she will bring about their destruction.... (sung in Italian) (counter-tener) (Soprano) SCHUTZ CHOIR OF LONDON LONDON CLASSICAL PLAYERS led by JOHN HOLLOWAY JENNIFER WARD CLARKE JOHN TOLL (continuo) conducted by ROGER NORRINGTON Producer CLIVE BENNETT (R)