CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI

(1567–1643)

L’Orfeo

• La Musica - Lynne Dawson
• Orfeo - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
• Euridice - Julianne Baird
• Silvia (La Messagiera) - Anne Sofie von Otter
• La Speranza - Mary Nichols
• Caronte - John Tomlinson
• Prosperina - Diana Montague
• Plutone - Willard White
• Apollo - Nigel Robson
• Ninfa - Nancy Argenta
• Pastore 1 - Michael Chance
• Pastore 2 - Mark Tucker
• Pastore 3 - Nigel Robson
• Pastore 4 - Simon Birchall
• Spirito 1 - Nicolas Robertson
• Spirito 2 - Howard Milner
• Eco - Mark Tucker

John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

The English Baroque Soloists

The Monteverdi Choir

His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts

STUDIO Recording : 1986

Booklet written in Japanese includes the Italian libretto with a parallel Japanese translation.