La Didone (2011)

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

Producers	Opus Arte, Théâtre de Caen, Les Arts Florissants
Original title	La Didone
Directors	Olivier Simonnet, Clément Hervieu-Léger
Writers	Giovanni Francesco Busenello

Cast

Anna Bonitatibus

as Didone

Krešimir Špicer

as Enea

Xavier Sabata

as Iarba

Maria Streijffert

as Ecuba

Katherine Watson

as Cassandra, Damigella I, Dama III

Tehila Nini Goldstein

as Creusa, Giunone, Damigella II, Dama II

Mariana Rewerski

as Anna, Fortuna, Dama

Claire Debono

as Venere, Iride, Damigella III

Terry Wey

as Ascanio, Amore, Cacciatore

Victor Torres

as Anchise, Un vecchio

Valerio Contaldo

as Corebo, Eolo, Cacciatore

Mathias Vidal

as Ilioneo, Mercurio

Joseph Cornwell

as Acate, Sicheo, Pirro

Francisco Javier Borda

as Sinone, Giove, Nettuno, Cacciatore