Title from disc label. Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the French melodrama Un duel sous le Cardinal de Richelieu by Lockroy and Edmond Badon. Krassimira Stoyanova (Maria, Contessa di Rohan) ; José Bros (Riccardo, Conte di Chalais) ; Christopher Purves (Enrico, Duca di Chevreuse) ; Loïc Félix (Armando di Gondì) ; Enkelejda Shkosa (Armando di Gondì (appendices, Paris 1843 revisions) ; Brindley Sherratt (De Fiesque) ; Graeme Broadbent (Il Visconte di Suze) ; Christopher Turner (Aubry, segretario di Chalais) ; Riccardo Simonetti (un famigliare di Chevreuse) ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Mark Elder, conductor ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; Renato Balsadonna, chorus director. Recorded 2009 October-November Henry Wood Hall, London. "World premiere recording of the new critical edition"--Container. "Peter Moores Foundation." Booklet with program notes in English by Jeremy Commons with synopsis in English, French, German, and Italian and Italian libretto with English translation (175 pages : color illustrations, portraits) in accompanying booklet.
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