Opera in a prologue & 3 acts (1643).
Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello.
Co-production with Opéra National de Bordeaux.
Program notes by Robert Carsen & Tim Carter & synopsis in English, German & French inserted in container.
Stage director : Robert Carsen ; television director : François Roussillon ; lighting design : Robert Carsen & Peter van Praet ; set designer : Michael Levine ; costume designed : Constance Hoffman ; dramaturge : Ian Burton.
Recorded from live performances at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in June 2008.
Sung in Italian with subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.