La Didone

Story

Synopsis

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

Directors

Clément Hervieu-Léger, Olivier Simonnet

Writers

Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Language

Italian

Country

France

Release date

18 October 2011

Ensemble

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