Opera in three acts and an epilogue. Music by Stravinsky Libretto by w. h. AUDEN and CHESTER KALLMAN
(gramophone records)
Having ' chosen a period piece subject. I decided to assume the conventions of the period as well. I chose to cast my work in the mould of an 18th-century number" " opera, one in which the dramatic progress depends on the succession of separate pieces. The story Is told, enacted, contained entirely in song ... '
(STRAVINSKY)
SADLER'S WELLS OPERA CHORUS COLIN TILNEY (harpsichord)
ROYAL PHII.HARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
The action takes place in 18th-century England.