DIDO AND AENEAS Sao Paulo 2023 María Cristina Kiehr, Marilia Vargas, Johnny França
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Dido and Aeneas
- Composer: Purcell Henry
- Libretto: Nahum Tate Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Theatro São Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Recorded: March 11, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: María Cristina Kiehr, Marilia Vargas, Johnny França, Homero Velho, Daiane Scales, Ludmila Thompson, Jabez Lima
- Conductor: Luis Otavio Santos
- Orchestra:
- Chorus Master: Marilia Vargas
- Choreographer: Luiz Fernando Bongiovanni
- Stage Director: William Pereira
- Stage Designer: Giorgia Massetani
- Costume Designer: Olintho Malaquias
- Lighting Designer: Caetano Vilela
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Theatro São Pedro
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, essubs
- This Recording is NOT AVAILABLE from a proper commercial or public source
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
William Pereira, scenic director of the montage, says that he will propose a dialogue with the tradition of baroque opera and a contemporary look at the libretto and a visuality that refers to military conflicts, the wars that devastate the world and are so present in the media. .
“It is a concept structured in partnerships so that the dialogue between music and theater is intense. The concept that guided the staging of this opera was the affirmation of the artificial, the non-naturalistic so dear to baroque aesthetics. Everything is theatrical convention, stylization, bodily and choreographic codes”, highlights the director.
It is worth remembering that this is a work by the English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Considered one of the great works of the English Baroque, the opera was composed in 1688. It is based on Book IV of the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil, which narrates the tragic love story between Dido, Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, Trojan hero.