Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Dido and Aeneas [videorecording] / music by Henry Purcell ; libretto by Nahum Tate ; a co-production of the Royal Opera House and Opus Arte.

Publisher, Date:

Heathfield, United Kingdom : Opus Arte, 2009.

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 72 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)

Summary:

The classic Dido and Aeneas combines traditional performances of the opera singers with contemporary dance. Dido, the noble queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil sorceress with her coven of witches plots their downfall. Romance leads to heartbreak and tragedy.

Subjects:

Operas.

Dido (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Aeneas (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Dance.

Other Author:

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.

McGregor, Wayne.

Hogwood, Christopher.

Connolly, Sarah.

Meachem, Lucas.

Crowe, Lucy.

Fulgoni, Sara.

Royal Opera House (London, England)

Royal Ballet.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Opus Arte (Firm)

Notes:

Opera in 3 acts.

Program notes and synopsis in English, French, and German inserted in container.

Special features include: illustrated Synopsis; Cast Gallery; interview with Wayne McGregor.

Director, Jonathan Haswell ; producer, James Whitbourn ; Set designs, Hildegard Bechtler ; lighting design, Lucy Carter.

Sarah Connolly (Dido) ; Lucas Meachem (Aeneas) ; Lucy Crowe (Belinda) ; Sara Fulgoni (Sorceress) ; the Royal Opera/The Royal Ballet ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlighternment ; Wayne McGregor, director and choreographer ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor.

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London on 3 and 8 April 2009.

First performance by the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet, 31March, 2009.

DVD; all regions; LPCM stereo., DTS surround; aspect ratio 16:9, anamorphic.

Sung in English, with English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.

Publisher Number:

OA 1018 D

Other Number:

477404317

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

264247

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD 782.1 Dido and

Medium:

[videorecording]