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Purcell - Dido & Aeneas (Blu-ray) | Opus Arte OABD7049D

Purcell - Dido & Aeneas (Blu-ray)

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OABD7049D

Barcode: 0809478070498

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th September 2009

Contents

Artists

Sarah Connolly
Lucas Meachem
Lucy Crowe
Sara Fulgoni
Anita Watson
Eri Nakamura
Pumeza Matshikiza
Iestyn Davies
Ji-Min Park
Royal Ballet
Royal Opera Extra Chorus
Orchestra of tMhe Age of Enlightenment

Conductor

Christopher Hogwood

Works

Purcell, Henry

Dido and Aeneas

Artists

Sarah Connolly
Lucas Meachem
Lucy Crowe
Sara Fulgoni
Anita Watson
Eri Nakamura
Pumeza Matshikiza
Iestyn Davies
Ji-Min Park
Royal Ballet
Royal Opera Extra Chorus
Orchestra of tMhe Age of Enlightenment

Conductor

Christopher Hogwood

About

The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera join forces for Wayne McGregor’s acclaimed fusion of music and movement, whose richly layered designs perfectly complement Purcell’s telling of a classical tale of love thwarted by evil powers. With Sarah Connolly and Lucas Meachem in the title roles, Christopher Hogwood conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Filmed with High Definition cameras and recorded in true surround sound.

Cast:
- Dido, Queen of Carthage: Sarah Connolly
- Aeneas, a Trojan prince: Lucas Meachem
- Belinda, Dido’s maid: Lucy Crowe
- Sorceress: Sara Fulgoni
- Second Woman: Anita Watson
- First Witch: Eri Nakamura
- Second Witch: Pumeza Matshikiza
- Spirit: Iestyn Davies
- Sailor: Ji-Min Park

Dancers of The Royal Ballet: Olivia Cowley, Melissa Hamilton, Cindy Jourdain, Iohna Loots, Kristen McNally, Samantha Raine, Paul Kay, Brian Maloney, Steven McRae, Xander Parish, Liam Scarlett, Johannes Stepanek

Stage Director: Wayne McGregor

Bonus material:
- Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery
- Interview with Wayne McGregor

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

Dido is perfectly integrated, and the expressively stylised movements that McGregor has devised for the singers make a fascinating contrast to the gyrations of the corps de ballet. …The casts were excellent. [Sarah Connolly] struck gold with a heartbreaking account of "When I am laid". The sensitivity of her acting and her intense musicality was striking throughout. Lucy Crowe made a delightful Belinda, with Lucas Meachem a quarterback hunk of an Aeneas. The young ad hoc chorus sang beautifully.’ - Telegraph

Picture: 1080i High Definition / 16:9
Sound: 2.0 & 5.1 PCM
Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4 Disc size BD25
Menu language: EN
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT
Region code: All regions
Running time: 72 mins

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