ANNA DENNIS, MHAIRI LAWSON, ROWAN PIERCE, CAROLYN SAMPSON soprano
JEREMY BUDD high tenor, JAMES WAY tenor
RODERICK WILLIAMS baritone, ASHLEY RICHES bass-baritone
A new performing edition by Christopher Suckling and Paul McCreesh, based on the surviving contemporary sources, brings infectious life to Purcell's 1691 ‘dramatick opera’ to a libretto by John Dryden.