This production played at Musica Nel Chiostro as part of the Batignano Opera Festival in Tuscany. It opened on 10th August 1991 and then played in repertoire with Stephen Oliver’s adaptation of Mozart’s Opera Buffa L’Oca del Cairo.
| Music by | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Original libretto by | Johann Schachtner |
| New Libretto by | Italo Calvino |
| Conductor | Paul McGrath |
| Director | John Caird |
| Designner | Sue Blane |
| Lighting | Michael Calf |
| Artistic Director of Musica Nel Chiostro | Adam Pollock |
| Répétiteur | Peter Selby |
| Administrator | Giugi Sesti |
| Zaïde | Ingrid Attrot |
| Gomatz | Christopher Ventris |
| Alazim | Jonathan Veira |
| Soliman | Philip Doghan |
| Osmin | David Crown |
| The Slaves | John Murray / Paul Nolan / Gareth Vaughan |
| Narrator | Peppe Barile |
| Violins | Anne Criscuola (Leader) / Sally Fenton / Peter Fisher / Alison Harling / Charles Knight / Jayne Spencer |
| Violas | Laurice Campbell / Colin Dowland |
| Cellos | Christine Jackson / John Kirby |
| Bass | Paul Miller |
| Flutes | Luke Strevens / Jane Koster |
| Oboes | ? |
| Clarinet | John Carnac |
| Bassoons | Sebastian New / Jill Watkins |
| Horns | Peter Merry / Andrew Skirrow |
| Trumpets | Jo Coventry / Chris Pygram |
| Timpani | John Dvorachek |
| Artistic Director | Adam Pollock |
| Assistant Director | Giuseppe Maria Sesti |
| UK Coordinator | Allan Watkins |
| Composer | Stephen Oliver |
| Orchestra Fixer | Laurice Campbell |
| Travel Agent | Gillian Wooldridge |
| Company Manager | Esther Tree |
| Stage Managers | Matthias Janser / Clive Thomas |
| Master Carpenter | Danny Hones |
| Assistant Carpenter | Sarah Crawford |
| Props | John Neville / Barbara Irvine |
| Electrician | Nick Blackett |
| Wardrobe | Fran Bristow / Angelina Pieroni / Jackie Hallatt / Anna Maltzahn |
| Assistant to David Parry | Brad Cohen |
| Cooks | John Stevens / Bettina Schmid / Caroline Gibbs |
| General Assistants | Jonathan Gibson / Fergus McCabe |
