A comic opera In two acts Music by Rossini
Libretto by scribe and DELESTRE-POIRSON
English translation by TOM HAMMOND
Sadler's Wells Opera direct from the Coliseum, London
A medieval comedy showing the lengths to which a man will go to seduce the woman of his choice.
Villagers, ladies-in-waiting, cavaliers
SADLER'S WELLS CHORUS chorus-master HAZEL VIVIENNE SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA leader WILLIAM PERI conducted by HAZEL VIVIENNE Producer ANTHONY BESCH
The action takes place In Touraine at the time of the Crusades about the year 1200.
Act I Outside the main gate of the castle of Formoutiers
8.48* Rossini at Sadler's Wells A talk by TOM HAMMOND
8.55* Count Ory
Act 2 Inside the castle at Formoutiers