(Act 1)
Libretto by Scribe and Delestre-Poirson
Music by Rossini
(sung in the original French)
Cast in order of singing: peasants, knights, and court ladies
Glynde.bourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins )
CONDUCTED BY VITTORIO GUI
Producer, Carl Ebert
Chief coach, Jani Strasser
From the King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The action takes place in Touraine at the time of the Crusades
Act 1
Outside the main gate of the castle of Formoutiers