Cavalli: La Didone (Christie)

Recorded live at the Théâtre de Caen, October 2011
Certificate: N/A
Running Time: c.176 mins
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
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.

Cavalli learnt at the feet of Monteverdi, and his dramatic transformation of the story is all the more expressive for its intimacy, worthy of the examples set by his master.

At the centre of thid bold and simple staging - the first opera production by actor Clément Hervieu-Léger - is the Queen of Carthage herself, sung with uncompromising intensity by Anna Bonitatibus. WIlliam Christie and his players and singers show themselves entirely attuned to the world of Cavalli, where meaning and music fuse.

Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

Special Features:
Cast Gallery

Related Websites:
http://www.arts-florissants.com/site/accueil.php4
http://theatre.caen.fr/
https://www.opusarte.com/