Live performance, part of Monteverdi cycle staged by Oper Zürich with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Zürich Opera House Monteverdi Ensemble. Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Filmed 28 March – 20 April 1978 in Vienna, sound recorded 1 – 25 December 1977 in Zürich.

• Unitel
• Philippe Huttenlocher
• Dietlinde Turban
• Rachel Yakar
• Trudeliese Schmidt
• Roland Hermann
• Glenys Linos
• Werner Gröschel
• Hans Franzen