Dido and Aeneas [electronic resource] / by Purcell.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Online Access (via Alexander Street Press) Online Access (via Alexander Street Press)
Main Author:	Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Corporate Authors:	Concert d'Astrée (Musical group) (Performer), European Voices (Performer), Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) (Performer)
Other Authors:	Virgil, Agnew, Paul (Vocalist), Boever, Cécile de (Vocalist), Bostridge, Ian (Vocalist), Braithwaite, Warwick, 1896-1971 (Conductor), Daniels, David, 1966- (Vocalist), Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962 (Vocalist), Graham, Susan, 1960- (Vocalist), Haïm, Emmanuelle (Conductor), Hemsley, Thomas (Vocalist), Jones, Geraint (Conductor), Lloyd, David, 1912-1969 (Vocalist), Mandikian, Arda (Vocalist), McNab, Eilidh (Vocalist), Palmer, Felicity (Vocalist), Pollak, Anna (Vocalist), Rex, Sheila (Vocalist), Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (Vocalist), Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715 (Librettist), Tilling, Camilla (Vocalist)
Other title:	Dido and Aeneas
Format:	Electronic Audio
Language:	English
Published:	[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, 2008-2009.
Series:	Classical music library.
Subjects:	Operas. Sound recordings.

Description
Item Description:	Libretto by Nahum Tate, based on Virgil's Aeneid. Opera in 3 acts. Previously released as a compact disc. Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012)
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Participant or Performer:	1st version: Camilla Tilling, Cécile de Boever, sopranos ; Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano ; Felicity Palmer, contralto ; Ian Bostridge, Paul Agnew, tenors ; David Daniels, countertenor ; European Voices ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Emmanuelle Haïm, conductor. 2nd version: Dido and Aeneas: Kirsten Flagstad (Dido) ; Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas) ; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Belinda) ; Eilidh McNab (First Woman) ; Arda Mandikian (Sorceress) ; Sheila Rex (First witch) ; Anna Pollak (Second witch) ; David Lloyd (A sailor) ; Mermaid Singers and Orchestra ; Geraint Jones, conductor. Dido's Lament: Philharmonia Orchestra ; Warwick Braithwaite, conductor.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	1st version: Recorded Mar. 14-16, 2003, in the Arsenal de Metz, France. 2nd version: The opera recorded Oct. 15-16, Nov. 30, and Dec. 1-2, 1951, Mar. 15, 1952, Mermaid Theatre and No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. Opera excerpt (tracks 39-40) recorded May 29, 1948, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

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