An opera in three acts
Libretto by AURELIO AURELI
English translation by an unknown seventeenth-century hand
Music by Piero Francesco Cavalli
Edited by LIONEL SALTER first performance since the seventeenth century
Cast in order of singing:
ROBERT SPENCER (lute)
HAROLD LESTER (harpsichord) JOY HALL (cello)
INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE led by Carl Pini
Directed from the harpsichord by LIONEL SALTER
Produced by JOHN McCULLOCH
The action takes place in legendary times in the kingdom of Media
ACT 1