Opera in 3 acts; libretto by Nahum Tate, based on Virgil's Aeneid.
Issued also as analog disc (416 299-1)--and cassette (416 299-4).
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Author
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.
Title
Dido and Aeneas / Henry Purcell ; [libretto, Nahum Tate].
Publisher
[London] : Decca, [1986]
Copyright date
℗1986
Playing time
005810
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Digital classics
Digital classics.
Performer
Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Helen Walker, Elizabeth Gale, sopranos ; Patricia Kern, Della Jones, mezzo-sopranos ; Derek Ragin, countertenor ; Patrick Power, tenor ; Thomas Allen, baritone ; with chorus and continuo (Charles Tunnell, violoncello, Adrian Beers, double-bass, and Raymond Leppard & Robert Aldwinkle, harpsichords) ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Raymond Leppard, conductor.