Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Henry Purcell ; Nahum Tate (Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano ; Christine Brandes, soprano ; Paul Elliott, tenor ; Donna Deam, soprano ; Nicholas McGegan, harpsichord ; Lisa Saffer, soprano ; Ellen Rabiner, mezzo-soprano ; John Butt, harpsichord ; Michael Dean, baritone ; Ruth Rainero, soprano ; Nicholas McGegan, conductor ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra ; Cambridge Clare College Choir) -- The Gordion Knot Unty'd, Z. 597 / Henry Purcell (Nicholas McGegan, conductor ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra).
Note
Libretto by Nahum Tate, after Virgil.
Libretto includes French and German translations and program notes by the director with French and German translations.
Performer (note)
Lorraine Hunt (Dido) ; Lisa Saffer (Belinda) ; Donna Deam (second woman) ; Ellen Rabiner (sorceress) ; Christine Brandes (first witch, spirit) ; Ruth Rainero (second witch) ; Michael Dean (Aeneas) ; Paul Elliott (sailor) ; Nicholas McGegan, music director ; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Event (note)
Recording: September 24-26, 1993, Skywalker Sound ... Nicasio, CA.
Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Title
Dido and Aeneas ; music for 'the Gordian Knot unty'd' / Purcell.
Publisher
[Los Angeles, CA] ; Harmonia Mundi France, production USA, [1994]
Copyright date
℗1994
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Cast
Lorraine Hunt (Dido) ; Lisa Saffer (Belinda) ; Donna Deam (second woman) ; Ellen Rabiner (sorceress) ; Christine Brandes (first witch, spirit) ; Ruth Rainero (second witch) ; Michael Dean (Aeneas) ; Paul Elliott (sailor) ; Nicholas McGegan, music director ; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
Event
Recording: September 24-26, 1993, Skywalker Sound ... Nicasio, CA.