Opera in 5 acts, with prologue; libretto by Alessandro Striggio. Program notes by Hugh Griffith, notes on the performance by the conductor, synopsis, and biographical notes on the performers, all in English, and Italian libretto with English translation (51 pages : black and white photographs, facsimiles) in container. Recorded. 2012 July 23-28. Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Summertown, Oxford. Faye Newton (Euridice), Emily Van Evera (Messaggiera, Proserpina), sopranos ; Clare Wilkinson (Speranza), mezzo-soprano ; David Hurley (La Musica), countertenor ; Charles Daniels (Orfeo), tenor ; Guy Pelc (Apollo), baritone ; Curtis Streetman (Caronte), Christopher Purves (Plutone), basses ; Taverner Consort & Players ; Andrew Parrott, conductor. Sung in Italian.