Les Boreades
Tragedie lyrique in five acts
Libretto attributed to LOUIS DE CAHUSAC
(Sung in French): records Alphise, Queen of Bactria, is being pressed to marry one of the two Boreades, sons of the North Wind; but she herself is in love with Abaris, a stranger of royal descent.
Cast in order of singing:
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS conducted by JOHN ELIOT GARDINER