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Anna Bonitatibus

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Kresimir Spicer

Xavier Sabata

Katherine Watson

Maria Streijffert

Mariana Rewerski

Terry Wey

Tehila Nini Goldstein

Joseph Cornwell

Valerio Contaldo

Francesco Berda

Mathias Vidal

Claire Debono

Víctor Torres

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William Christie

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Clément Hervieu-Léger

Valérie Nègre

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Eric Ruf

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Caroline de Vivaise

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Bertrand Couderc

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Pierre Judet de la Combe

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Les Arts Florissants

La Didone -  (Dido)

Caen

France

Didone
Opera in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli (1602 - 1676)
Libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello after 'L'Aeneide' by Virgil
Premiere in Venice, Teatro San Cassiano, 1641

Recorded at Théâtre de Caen
Director: Olivier Simonnet
Duration: 02:56

Opera in three acts with prologue, sung in Italian, after a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. Premiered in Venice at the San Cassiano Theatre, on March 1st, 1641.

The théâtre de Caen opens its 2011/2012 season with Francesco Cavalli's La Didone, an Italian opera composed in the 17th century. The recreation of this work is a mission entrusted to Les Arts Florissants, with William Christie's conducting, who will then conduct the opera at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The mezzo soprano Anna Bonitatibus and the tenor Kresimir Spicer will respectively sing Dido and Æneas.

Premiered in 1641 in Venice, La Didone takes its inspiration from Virgilius' Æneid. On the advice of Venus, Æneas leaves Troy, attacked by the Greeks. When he arrives on the shores of Carthage, he meets the Queen Dido and the two young people fall in love. But the gods remind Æneas of his destiny: the creation of Rome. The hero continues on his journey.

A stalwart of the Comédie Française, Clément Hervieu-Léger has collaborated with Patrice Chéreau for Così fan tutte (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Opéra de Paris) and Tristan und Isolde (Teatro alla Scala de Milan). La Didone is his first opera staging.

La Didone Cavalli

Dido

Approved

Dido by Caletti-Bruni, From (2011/2011), Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger, Valérie Nègre,, Conductor William Christie, Théâtre de Caen, Caen, France

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