La Didone

Overview

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

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