Instrumentation

2 harpsichord - harp - 2 lutes - chitarrone (or gtr) -gtr - flue organ - stringsoff stage: 2 flute, 2 oboe, cor anglais, 2 bassoon

Availability

Vocal score (ital/ger/eng) 0571505325 , chorus part 0571503969 on sale, full score and parts for hire

Programme Notes

The opera resembles the Shakespearean pastoral comedy, with two pairs of lovers brought finally together after considerable vicissitudes. An un-Shakespearean element, characteristic of early Italian opera, is the participation of the Gods in this drama, for it is their rivalries that control the fortunes of the human protagonists.

Reviews

'The opera is a charmer... Cavalli is never at a loss for intruiging tunes, and Mr Leppard has clothed them all in a luscious harmonic framework that is rich in textural variety and full of ingenious theatrical gestures.’
New York Times

L'Egisto

State University of New York (Potsdam, NY, USA)

Crane Opera Ensemble

L'Egisto

State University of New York (Potsdam, NY, USA)

Crane Opera Ensemble

L'Egisto

State University of New York (Potsdam, NY, USA)

Crane Opera Ensemble

L'Egisto

First advised of performance on Boosey royalties statement September 2008; no perf. details supplied other than the dates

L'Egisto

First advised of performance on Boosey royalties statement September 2008; no perf. details supplied other than the dates