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baritone vocals [liberto] Norman Welsby
baritone vocals [ottone] Tom McDonnell
bass vocals [seneca] Clifford Grant
chorus Sadler's Wells Opera Company
composed by Claudio Monteverdi
conductor Raymond Leppard
libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
mezzo-soprano vocals [arnalta] Anne Collins
mezzo-soprano vocals [ottavia] Katherine Pring
mezzo-soprano vocals [poppea] Janet Baker
orchestra Sadler's Wells Opera Company
soprano vocals [damigella] Iris Saunders
soprano vocals [drusilla] Barbara Walker
soprano vocals [fortune] Barbara Walker
soprano vocals [love] Elizabeth Gale
soprano vocals [pallas athene] Shirley Chapman
soprano vocals [virtue] Shirley Chapman
tenor vocals [lucano] Emile Belcourt
tenor vocals [nero] Robert Ferguson
tenor vocals [valletto] John Brecknock
translated by [english translation] Geoffrey Dunn
2 x CD set in fatbox jewel-case with libretto booklet and in a cardboard outer box cover.

Recorded live at London Coliseum, 27 November 1971

Chandos Digital - Opera in English
Archive Edition
BBC Radio 3 Recording
24-bit/96 kHz digitally remastered

TT 151:31
CD1 TT 79:05 / CD2 TT 72:26

Barcode: 0 95115 31722 8
Label Code: LC 7038
SPARS Code: AAD