Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and five acts Music by Jean-Marie Leclair
Libretto by D'ALBARET Leclair composed his only opera at the age of 49 in 1746. It stands alongside the works of Rameau and Gluck as one of the best French operas of the period.
Prologue
Other parts: ELIZABETH PRIDAY and GILLIAN FISHER TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord continuo), MARILYN SANSOM (cello continuo) MONTEVERDI CHOIR
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS leader SIMON STANDAGE conductor
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
Technical presentation by JOHN RUSHBY-SMITH
(An EBU co-production) Prologue and Act 1