or L'Anima del ftlosojo Opera in four acts Music by Haydn Libretto by CARLO FRANCESCO BADINI Haydn's last opera,
Intended for London's
King's Theatre but foiled by Intrigues, draws on a fuller version of the classical myth than either Monteverdi or Gluck.
Euridice flees home rather than marry Arideus, she is twice freed by Orpheus, he is poisoned by the Bacchantes, who are themselves destroyed in a spectacular storm.
AUSTRIAN RADIO CHORUS chorus-master
GOTTFRIED PREINFALK
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Harpsichord continuo RUDOLF SCHOLZ Cello continuo
LEONHARD WALLISCB conducted by LEOPOLD HAGER
(Austrian Radio recording)