Dido and Aeneas discography

This is a discography of Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London in the spring of 1689.

Recordings[]

Year	Cast (Dido, Belinda Aeneas, Sorceress)	Conductor, Opera house and orchestra	Label
1935	Nancy Evans Mary Hamlin Roy Henderson Mary Jarred	Clarence Raybould Boyd Neel String orchestra Charles Kennedy Scott's A Capella singers	LP: Decca Cat: X 101-107^[1]
1945	Joan Hammond Isobel Baillie Dennis Noble Edith Coates	Constant Lambert Philharmonia Orchestra and chorus	Opera D'Oro Cat: OPD-1220
1951	Irma Kolassi Gisèle Vivarelli Yvon le Marc'Hadour Marguerite Pifteau	Pierre Capdevielle Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Geneva Conservatoire chorus	Cascavelle Cat: VEL 3107
	Kirsten Flagstad Maggie Teyte Thomas Hemsley Edith Coates	Geraint Jones Mermaid orchestra and chorus	Walhall Cat: WLCD0186
1952	Kirsten Flagstad Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Thomas Hemsley Arda Mandikian	Geraint Jones Mermaid orchestra and chorus	EMI Cat: CDH7610062
1955	Martha Mödl Dora Lindgreen Hermann Prey Gusta Hammer	Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt North German Radio Symphony orchestra	UraCant Cat: 2008
1959	Claire Watson Jeannette Sinclair Peter Pears Arda Mandikian	Benjamin Britten English Opera Group orchestra Purcell chorus	BBC Music Cat: BBCB 8003-2
1961	Janet Baker Patricia Clark Raimund Herincx Monica Sinclair	Anthony Lewis English Chamber Orchestra St. Anthony chorus	Decca Records Cat: 4663872
1963^[2]	Mary Thomas Honor Sheppard Maurice Bevan Helen Watts	Alfred Deller Oriana orchestra and chorus	Vanguard Cat: 3003332
1965	Victoria de los Ángeles Heather Harper Peter Glossop Patricia Johnson	John Barbirolli English Chamber orchestra Ambrosian Singers	EMI Cat: CDM 5 65664 2
1967	Tatiana Troyanos Sheila Armstrong Barry McDaniel Patricia Johnson	Charles Mackerras Chamber orchestra of the North German Radio Monteverdi Choir	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 447 148-2
1970	Josephine Veasey Helen Donath John Shirley-Quirk Elizabeth Bainbridge	Colin Davis Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields John Alldis Choir	Philips Eloquence Cat: 4428334
1971	Shirley Verrett Helen Donath Dan Iordăchescu Oralia Dominguez	Raymond Leppard Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI Torino Ambrosian singers	Arkadia Cat: 619
1975	Janet Baker^[3] Norma Burrowes Peter Pears Anna Reynolds	Steuart Bedford Aldeburgh Festival strings orchestra London Opera chorus	Decca Cat: 468 561-2
1977	Tatiana Troyanos^[4] Felicity Palmer Richard Stilwell Alfreda Hodgson	Raymond Leppard English Chamber Orchestra English Chamber chorus	Erato Cat: 2292-45263-2
1980	D'Anna Fortunato Nancy Armstrong Mark Baker Bruce Fithian	Joel Cohen The Boston Camerata	LP: Harmonia Mundi Cat: HM 10.067
1981	Emma Kirkby Judith Nelson David Thomas Jantina Noorman	Andrew Parrott Taverner Consort and Players	Chandos Cat: CHAN 8306
1982	Ann Murray Rachel Yakar Anton Scharinger Trudeliese Schmidt	Nikolaus Harnoncourt Concentus Musicus Wien Arnold Schoenberg Chor	Teldec Cat: 4509-93686-2
1985	Guillemette Laurens Jill Feldman Philippe Cantor Dominique Visse	William Christie Les Arts Florissants	Harmonia Mundi Cat: HMC 905173
	Teresa Berganza Danielle Borst Per-Arne Wahlgren Glenys Linos	Michel Corboz Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne Lausanne City Opera chorus	Erato Cat: 2292-45263-2
	Jessye Norman Marie McLaughlin Thomas Allen Patricia Kern	Raymond Leppard English Chamber Orchestra	Philips Cat: 416299
1988	Anne Sofie von Otter Lynne Dawson Stephen Varcoe Nigel Rogers	Trevor Pinnock The English Concert	Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 427 624-1
1989	Della Jones Donna Deam Peter Harvey Susan Bickley	Ivor Bolton St. James’s Baroque Players and chorus	Teldec Cat: 4509-91191-2
	Rachel Ann Morgan Camille van Lunen David Barick Myra Kroese	Roderick Shaw Academy of the Begynhof Amsterdam	Globe Cat: 5020
1990	Carolyn Watkinson Ruth Holton George Mosley Teresa Shaw	John Eliot Gardiner English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi Choir	Philips Cat: 432 114-2
1992	Catherine Bott Emma Kirkby John Mark Ainsley David Thomas	Christopher Hogwood Academy of Ancient Music	Decca Cat: 475 7195
1993	Lorraine Hunt Lisa Saffer Michael Dean Ellen Rabiner	Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Clare College, Cambridge chorus	Harmonia Mundi Cat: HMU 907110
1994	Emily Van Evera Ben Parry Janet Lax Hanne Mari Ørbaek Haden Andrews	Andrew Parrott Taverner Consort and Players	Sony Classical Cat: SK 62993
	Kym Amps Anna Crookes David van Asch Sarah Connolly	The Scholars Baroque Ensemble	Naxos Cat: 8.553108
	Véronique Gens Sophie Marin-Degor Nathan Berg Claire Brua	William Christie Les Arts Florissants	Erato Cat: 4509-98477-2
1995	Jennifer Lane Cassandra Hoffman Michael Brown Desiree Halac	Bradley Brookshire I Musici di San Cassiano	Vox Cat: 7518
	Maria Ewing Rebecca Evans Karl Daymond Sally Burgess	Richard Hickox Collegium Musicum 90	Chandos Cat: CHAN 0586
	Jennifer Lane Ann Monoyios Russell Braun Jennifer Lane	Jeanne Lamon Tafelmusik	Chandos Cat: CHAN 8306
1996	Nancy Maultsby Susannah Waters Russell Braun Laura Tucker	Martin Pearlman Boston Baroque	Telarc Cat: 80424
1998	Lynne Dawson Rosemary Joshua Gerald Finley Susan Bickley	René Jacobs Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment	Harmonia Mundi Cat: HMX 2991683
2000	Laura Pudwell Salomé Haller Peter Harvey Laura Pudwell	Hervé Niquet Le Concert Spirituel	Glossa Cat: GCD 921601
2002	Evelyn Tubb Thomas Meglioranza Julia Matthews Evelyn Tubb	Predrag Gosta New Trinity Baroque	Edition Lilac Cat: 200204-2^[5]
2003	Susan Graham Camilla Tilling Ian Bostridge Felicity Palmer	Emmanuelle Haïm Le Concert d'Astrée European Voices	Virgin Veritas Cat: 45605^[6]
2004	Nicola Wemyss Francine van der Heijden Matthew Baker Helen Rasker	Jed Wentz Musica ad Rhenum	Brilliant Cat: 92464
2007	Julianne Baird Andrea Lauren Brown Timothy Bentch Tatyana Rashkovsky	Valentin Radu Ama Deus Baroque Ensemble	Lyrichord Cat: LEMS 8057
2008	Sarah Connolly Lucy Crowe Gerald Finley Patricia Bardon	Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Choir of the Enlightenment	Chandos Cat: CHAN 0757
	Simone Kermes Deborah York Dimitris Tiliakos Oleg Ryabets	Teodor Currentzis MusicAeterna The New Siberian Singers	Alpha Cat: HMU 140
2010	Malena Ernman Judith Van Wanroij Christopher Maltman Hillary Summers	William Christie Les Arts Florissants	DVD: FRA Musica Cat: FRA001 Blu-ray: FRA Musica Cat: FRA501

Critical attention[]

The Haïm recording (2004 in US) received a highly complimentary review from Allan Kozinn, saying it surpassed Parrott's 1981 production, the latter "[u]ntil now, the best." Kozinn noted orchestration and vocal range innovations by Haïm, as well as strong major and minor cast members.^[7]

References[]

Notes

^ The first full recording, see R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936), 371.
^ Operone gives 1956 instead.
^ Baker's second recording
^ Troyanos's second studio recording
^ Eric Van Tassel, Early Music Journal, pub. Oxford University Press on http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/early_music/v032/32.4tassel.html Purcell's operas revisited]
^ BBC Classical Review (Andrew McGregor) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge etc Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (includes samples)
^ Kozinn, Allan, "MUSIC; Poor Dido Finally Gets A Real Man", The New York Times, March 07, 2004. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

Sources

Hoasm.org Purcell discography, accessed 6 January 2010
Operone discography, accessed 14 January 2010
Prestoclassical discography, accessed 7 January 2010
Tore Frantzvåg Steenslid's full discography, accessed 7 January 2010

[1] The first full recording, see R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936), 371.

[2] Operone gives 1956 instead.

[3] Baker's second recording

[4] Troyanos's second studio recording

[5] Eric Van Tassel, Early Music Journal, pub. Oxford University Press on http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/early_music/v032/32.4tassel.html Purcell's operas revisited]

[6] BBC Classical Review (Andrew McGregor) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge etc Archived 2005-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (includes samples)

[7] Kozinn, Allan, "MUSIC; Poor Dido Finally Gets A Real Man", The New York Times, March 07, 2004. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

show v t Henry Purcell
List of compositions
Opera	Dido and Aeneas (1689) Dido's Lament discography Dioclesian (1690) King Arthur (1691) The Fairy-Queen (1692) The Indian Queen (1695)
Sacred choral	Remember not, Lord, our offences (c. 1679–82) Hear my prayer, O Lord (c. 1682) Ode to St. Cecilia (1692) Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695)
Secular choral	Come Ye Sons of Art (1694)
Incidental music	"Music for a While" (1692) "Nymphs and Shepherds" (1692) "Britons, Strike Home!" (1695) Theodosius (1680) Sir Barnaby Whigg (1681) A Fool's Preferment (1688) The Massacre of Paris (1689) Amphitryon (1690) Distressed Innocence (1690) Sir Anthony Love (1690) The Richmond Heiress (1691) Epsom Wells (1693) The Female Virtuosos (1693) The Canterbury Guests (1694) The Fatal Marriage (1694) Love Triumphant (1694) Abdelazer (1695) Bonduca (1695) The Rival Sisters (1695)
Related articles	The Moor's Pavane "Lillibullero"
Category

show v t "Dido and Aeneas" from Virgil's Aeneid
Characters	Dido Aeneas
Operas	Didone (1641, Cavalli) Dido and Aeneas (1688, Purcell) discography "Dido's Lament" Didon (1693, Desmarets) Didone abbandonata (1724, Metastasio) Didone abbandonata (1724, Sarro) Didone abbandonata (1724, Albinoni) Didone abbandonata (1762, Sarti) Didon (1783, Piccinni) Dido, Queen of Carthage (1792, Storace) Les Troyens (1863, Berlioz)
Plays	Dido, Queen of Carthage (c. 1593)
Poetry	Roman d'Enéas (1160)
Music	Simple Man
Art	Dido building Carthage
Related	Low Ham Roman Villa Amelia