Program notes and synopsis in English and libretto with English translation (102 p.) inserted in container. Opera in a prologue and three acts. Archiv: 447 088-2 (447 089-2--447 091-2). Compact discs. Libretto by Gian Francesco Busenello. Performance is based on the Naples manuscript. Recorded live in Queen Elizabeth Hall, The South Bank Centre, London, Dec. 1993. Sylvia McNair ; Anne Sofie von Otter ; Dana Hanchard ; Michael Chance ; Francesco Ellero d'Artegna ; Catherine Bott ; Bernarda Fink ; Roberto Balconi ; The English Baroque Soloists on authentic instruments ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.