La Didone

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

Music

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)

Joseph Cornwell

(Acate, Sicheo, Pirro)

Francisco Javier Borda

(Sinone, Giove, Nettuno, Cacciatore)