Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Dido and Aeneas

Alpha 140, 2007


[1]: Ouverture
[2]-[12]: Act 1
[13]-[28]: Act 2
[29]-[39]: Act 3
total time: 63'45


Dido, Queen of Carthago: Simone Kermes (soprano)
Belinda, her confidante: Deborah York (soprano)
Aeneas, a Trojan prince: Dimitris Tiliakos (baritone)
Two woman: Margarita Mezenseva and Sofia Fomina (sopranos)
Sorceress: Oleg Ryabets (sopranista)
Enchantresses: Yana Mamonova and Elena Kondratova (sopranos)
Spirit: Valeria Safronova (soprano)
Sailor: Aleksander Zverev (tenor)

The New Siberian Singers
MusicAeterna (on period instruments):
strings(4/3/3/3), vdg. & b.c. (2 db., lt., thb.+git., hpschd.), perc. (2 players)

direction: Teodor Currentzis

Recording: April 2007, Opera Theatre, Novosibirsk/Russia