An opera in two acts
Libretto by CATERINO MAZZOLA after METASTASIO Music by Mozart (sung in Italian) direct from the Royal Opera House, CoventGarden
La clemenza di Tito was Mozart's last opera, in which he returned to opera seria. The story concerns the unfailing mercy shown by the Roman emperor Titus to those who conspired against him.
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON IAN HERBERT
(clarinet obbligato) FREDERICK LOWE
(basset horn obbligato)
CLIVE ANSTEE (cello continuo) RICHARD AMNER
(harpsichord continuo)
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CRARLES TAYLOR conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD Act 1