“La Didone (2011) Les Arts Florissants. Cavalli / Italian”
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
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Cast
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Anna Bonitatibus
Didone
Also in
Tamerlano
L'Italiana in Algeri
Krešimir Špicer
Enea
Also in
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Il Re Pastore
Olivier Simonnet
Clément Hervieu-Léger
Known for
Brother and Sister
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
William Christie
Self - Direction musicale, clavecin
Also in
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Hippolyte and Aricie
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Xavier Sabata
Iarba
Also in
Haendel - Alessandro with Max Emanuel Cencic (Opéra Royal de Versailles)
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Pierre Judet de la Combe
Maria Streijffert
Ecuba
No other roles listed
Kresimir Spicer
Enea
Francesco Cavalli
Katherine Watson
Cassandra, Damigella I, Dama III
Also in
Dardanus
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland - Champs-Elysée
Clément Hervieu-Léger Director · Olivier Simonnet Director Giovanni Francesco Busenello Writer
First release October 18, 2011 · Produced in France · Production Opus Arte, Les Arts Florissants
Production
Théâtre de Caen
Production
Opus Arte
Production · Distribution
Les Arts Florissants
Production
France Télévisions
Production
Mezzo
Production · Distribution
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
France · October 18, 2011
Premiere · Live performance
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
July 30, 2012 · DVD & Blu-ray
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