La Didone
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
Top Billed Cast
Anna Bonitatibus
Didone
Krešimir Špicer
Enea
Xavier Sabata
Iarba
Maria Streijffert
Ecuba
Katherine Watson
Cassandra, Damigella I, Dama III
Featured Crew
William Christie
Music Director
Francesco Cavalli
Original Music Composer
Giovanni Francesco Busenello
Writer
Olivier Simonnet
Director
Clément Hervieu-Léger
Director