Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2008)
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2008)
Opéra Comique / Malena Ernman, Christopher Maltman, Judith van Wanroij, Hilary Summers / Les Arts Florissants William Christie
[ Naxos DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 21 January 2022
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Deborah Warner, stage director
Chloe Obolensky, set and costume designer
Jean Kalman, lighting designer
Recorded at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France, 7 and 9 December 2008
Prompted by King Charles II, John Blow premiered the first true English opera, Venus and Adonis, at the royal court around 1683. No doubt Purcell, who was his pupil, his friend and successor as organist at Westminster Abbey, also dreamed of tackling this ambitious genre. The brilliant musician already displayed his art of vocal expression on English lyrics in distinct airs, odes and motets, as well as his sense of drama in incidental music.
