Dido and Aeneas

DVD 2022

Dido and Aeneas was pioneering in its day and is considered one of Purcell's foremost theatrical works, with a moving tale of love, betrayal and tragedy. Deborah Warner's stage direction combines period colour with present-day dynamism, while Wiliam Christie's affection for this opera shines through in an acclaimed performace filmed in December 2008 at the Opéra Comique in Paris.-- Adapted from container.

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Aeneas (Legendary character) Drama

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1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
polychrome
digital optical stereo surround PCM 2.0 DTS 5.1
videodisc
NTSC
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Program notes and synopsis in English and French (15 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) inserted in container
"Opera in a prologue and three acts, Z. 626 (1689)"--Container
"Adapted from the Wiener Festwochen production premiered in Vienna on 11 May 2006"--Container
Title from disc label
Set and costume designer, Chloe Obolensky ; lighting designer, Jean Kalman
Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aneas), Judith van Wanroij (Belinda), Hilary Summers (sorceress), Lina Markeby (second woman), Céline Ricci (first witch), Ana Quintans (second witch), Marc Mauillon (spirit), Damian Whiteley (sailor), Fiona Shaw (prologue) ; Les Arts Florrisants ; William Christie, conductor
Filmed live 7 and 9 December 2008 Opéra Comique, Paris, France
DVD 9 ; NTSC ; region 0 ; 16:9 ; PCM stereo and DTS 5.1
Sung in English ; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean

Control Number:

3153212

UPC:

747313570959

Other Authors:

Christie, William (William Lincoln), conductor, instrumentalist
Container of (work) : Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas
Container of (work) : Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. Dido and Aeneas
Ernman, Malena, singer
Kalman, Jean, lighting designer
Libretto based on (work) : Virgil. Aeneis
Maltman, Christopher, singer
Markeby, Lina, singer
Mauillon, Marc, singer
Obolensky, Chloe, 1942- costume designer, set designer
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer
Quintans, Ana, 1975- singer
Ricci, Céline, singer
Roussillon, François, film director
Shaw, Fiona, 1958- performer
Summers, Hilary, singer
Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715, librettist
Wanroij, Judith van, singer
Warner, Deborah, 1959- stage director
Whiteley, Damian, singer

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