Dido and Æneas is Purcell's best loved and most frequently performed work today, it is also England's oldest full opera. In this production, the story based on Virgil's Æneid breathes new life thanks to the movements on stage and the settings. Dido, Queen of Carthage, is in love with...
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 |
| Corporate Authors: |
Royal Opera House (London, England)
(Performer),
Royal Ballet
(Performer),
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
(Performer) |
| Other Authors: |
Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715
(Librettist),
McGregor, Wayne
(Director),
Haswell, Jonathan
(Director),
Connolly, Sarah
(Performer),
Meachem, Lucas
(Performer),
Crowe, Lucy
(Performer),
Fulgoni, Sara
(Performer),
Hogwood, Christopher
(Conductor) |
| Format: | Video
|
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Sung in English, with optional English, French, German, Spanish or Italian subtitles. |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
Opus Arte,
2009.
|
| Series: | Opera in video
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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