Antonio Cesti - Il Pomo D’Oro (1667)

Pietro Marc’Antonio Cesti (bap. 5 August 1623 – 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer (tenor), and organist. He was “the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation“. Work: Il pomo d’oro (The Golden Apple) opera in a prologue and five acts. Libretto: Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668) Pluto: Teodor Ciurdea; Mars: Kurt Azesberger; Momus: Eberhard Kummer; Neptun: Rudolf Vogel; Bacchus: Nicolai Cok; Merkur: Stratton Bull; Venus: Ursula Targler; Jupiter: Gerd Fussi; Juno: Kjellaug Tesaker; Ganymed: Mircea Mihalache; Paris: Kurt Equiluz; Filaura: Marius van Altena; Spanien: Ursula Targler; Italien: Stratton Bull; Das Königreich Ungarn: Kurt Equiluz; Das Römische Reich: Gerd Fussi; Sardinien: Kjellaug Tesaker; Das Königreich Böhmen: Nigel Dickson; Amerika: Kurt Azesberger; Die Österreichischen Erblande in Deutschland: Ivan Urbas; Amor: Monika Lenz; Hymen: Timothy Wilson; Gloria Austriaca: Vera Nentwig; Proserpina: Änike WudKal