La Didone
0 %|Oct 18, 2011|Music
Live performance by Les Arts Florissants at the Théâtre de Caen, recorded on 18 Octorber 2011. "One of the earliest operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the Trojan Hero loves and then cruelly leaves the noble Dido." — from the DVD back cover
Featured Crew
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Writer
Clément Hervieu-Léger
Director
Olivier Simonnet
Director
Francesco Cavalli
Original Music Composer
William Christie
Music Director
Cast
Anna Bonitatibus
Didone
Krešimir Špicer
Enea
Xavier Sabata
Iarba
Maria Streijffert
Ecuba
Katherine Watson
Cassandra, Damigella I, Dama III
Tehila Nini Goldstein
Creusa, Giunone, Damigella II, Dama II
Mariana Rewerski
Anna, Fortuna, Dama
Claire Debono
Venere, Iride, Damigella III
Terry Wey
Ascanio, Amore, Cacciatore
Victor Torres
Anchise, Un vecchio
Valerio Contaldo
Corebo, Eolo, Cacciatore
Mathias Vidal
Ilioneo, Mercurio
Joseph Cornwell
Acate, Sicheo, Pirro
Francisco Javier Borda
Sinone, Giove, Nettuno, Cacciatore