Dido & Aeneas [videorecording] : opera in three acts / Henry Purcell ; libretto Nahum Tate ; choreography Sasha Waltz ; director of film, Peter Schönhofer ; a production of ZDF ; in collaboration with ARTE ; in coproduction with ZDFtheaterkanal and Sasha Waltz & Guests.

Leipzig : Arthaus Musik, ©2005.

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

"In Dido & Aeneas, Sasha Waltz opens up new horizons in music theatre, creating a fusion of dance, singing, and music--the choreographic opera. Singers, dancers, musicians, and designers all play an equal part in this integrated approach towards choreography"--Container.

Dido and Aeneas

Images / Video & Film

English

March 19, 2021

Set design, Thomas Schenk, Sasha Waltz; costumes, Christine Birkle; light design, Thilo Reuther; TV editor, Wolfgang Bergmann, Dieter Schneider.

Aurore Ugolin, mezzo-soprano (Dido); Deborah York, soprano (Belinda); Reuben Willcox, baritone (Aeneas); Fabrice Mantegna, baritone (Sorceress); with additional supporting sololists; Charlotte Engelkes, narrator; Vocalconsort Berlin; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Attilio Cremonesi, conductor, adaptation; Sasha Waltz & Guests (Clémentine Deluy, Michal Mualem (Dido); Virgis Puodziunas (Aeneas); Sasa Queliz (Belinda); Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola, Xuan Shi (Sorceress); with additional supporting dancers).

DVD video; DVD-9, region 0; NTSC; aspect ratio 16:9; PCM stereo.

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