La Didone

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

Country:

France

Genre:

Music

Duration:

178 minutes

Year:

2011

Director:

Clément Hervieu-Léger

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Company:

Théâtre de Caen,

Opus Arte,

Les Arts Florissants

Cast:
Anna Bonitatibus

Didone

Krešimir Špicer

Enea

Xavier Sabata

Iarba

Maria Streijffert

Ecuba

Katherine Watson

Cassandra, Damigella I, Dama III

Crew:
William Christie

Music Director

Francesco Cavalli

Original Music Composer

Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Writer

Clément Hervieu-Léger

Director

Olivier Simonnet

Director