Notes: | Publisher's no. on container spine: 39728. Opera; sung in Italian. Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. This version of the opera uses the Neapolitan ms., which contains much material not previously recorded. Compact disc. Program notes by Marcel Marnat, notes on the performers, and synopsis in English, French, and German; libretto in Italian with English, French, and German translations (178 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. Issued also on conventional disc and cassette. Catherine Malfitano, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, sopranos ; Zehava Gal, mezzo-soprano ; Gérard Lesne, Dominique Visse, countertenors ; John Elwes, Ian Honeyman, Michael Goldthorpe, tenors ; Gregory Reinhart, bass ; other soloists ; Grande Ecurie et la chambre du roy ; Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor. Recorded Feb. 1-16 and Dec. 11-12, 1984, in Notre-Dame de Liban, Paris.
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