Name: Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2023-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Basilique Notre-Dame

Organization

Admin

Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune

Conductor

William Christie

Soprano

Helen Charlston

Dido

Tenor

Renato Dolcini

Aeneas

Mezzo-soprano

Sorceress

Ana Vieira Leite

Belinda

Maud Gnidzaz

First witch

Virginie Thomas

Second woman

Second witch

Jacob Lawrence

First sailor

Michael-Loughlin Smith

Spirit

Dido and Aeneas

Beaune

France

Basilique Notre-Dame

Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Public

Ayyappa swamy y

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Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

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hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

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Repetiteur

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Executive producer

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Stage Manager

Choir

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Poet

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Teacher

Photographer

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Writing and performance

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Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Contralto

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Virgile raconte qu’Enée, chassé de Troie en flammes, parvient à la cour de Didon, reine de Carthage. Après une idylle passionnée, Énée obéit à l’ordre de Jupiter qui le somme de lever l’ancre. Le prince troyen abandonne l’infortunée souveraine qui meurt de désespoir. Dans le livret de Tate, c’est une magicienne qui, sous l’apparence de Mercure, ordonne au héros de quitter Didon et Carthage et de partir à la conquête de l’Italie. Dans le fameux air où Didon dira adieu à la vie : « When I am laid in earth… Remember me, but ah! forget my fate » (« Quand je serai portée en terre… Souviens-toi de moi, mais ah ! Oublie mon destin »), l’un des grands moments de l’opéra, Purcell nous donne un chef-d’œuvre bouleversant de densité émotionnelle. Mais en héritier du théâtre élisabéthain, il excelle aussi à mêler le comique au tragique : les danses insouciantes des marins, les clameurs diaboliques des sorcières n’en font que ressortir par contraste la tragédie de Didon.

français

Virgil tells us that Aeneas, driven out of burning Troy, arrives at the court of Dido, Queen of Carthage. After a passionate romance, Aeneas obeys Jupiter’s order to weigh anchor. The Trojan prince abandons the unfortunate queen, who dies of desper-ation. In Tate’s libretto, it is a sorceress who, under the guise of Mercury, orders the hero to leave Dido and Carthage and conquer Italy. In the famous aria in which Dido says goodbye to life : « When I am laid in earth… Remember me, but ah ! forget my fate », one of the great moments of the opera, Purcell provides a masterpiece of overwhelming emotional density. But as an heir to the Elizabethan theatre, Purcell also excels in combining the comic with the tragic: by contrast, the carefree dances of the sailors and the diabolical clamour of the witches only serve to highlight Dido’s tragedy.

English

Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir William Christie, Basilique Notre-Dame, Beaune, France

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