FULL The Queen of Carthage: Reclamation of the story of Dido (Pastiche) Vancouver 2023 Cecilia Duarte
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: The Queen of Carthage
- Composer: various
- Libretto: Debi Wong Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Vancouver, Canada, Early Music Vancouver
- Recorded: July 26, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Cecilia Duarte
- Conductor: Catalina Vicens
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director: Debi Wong
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Early Music Vancouver
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
A seamless blend of Baroque and contemporary song and dance, this interdisciplinary operatic performance is a powerful reclamation of the story of Dido, The Queen of Carthage, and her legacy as a political leader, an empire builder, and a woman of colour.
00:20 Suzie’s Introduction
01:05 Robyn Jacob (b.1988)
When the Memory dies with the Body, it is still held in Time
08:50 Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
“See, see even night herself is here”, from The Fairy Queen, Z.629, Act I
12:27 Overture to Act I, from Dido and Aeneas (excerpt)
13:09 Henry Purcell
“Come away, fellow sailors”, from Dido and Aeneas, Act III
15:00 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Battalia à 10
Der Mars
Presto
Die Schlacht
Adagio. Lamento der Verwundten Musquetirer
20:32 Alonso Mudarra (c.1510-1580)
Dulces Exuviae
26:55 Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
Sonata Quintana Andante in E minor
31:08 John Eccles (1668-1735)
“Restless in thought”, from She Ventures and He Wins (1696)
32:50 Henry Purcell
“When I am laid in earth” (Dido’s Lament) from Dido and Aeneas, Act III
INTERVAL
36:27 Henry Purcell
“What Power Art Thou” (The Cold Song) from King Arthur, Z.628, Act III
39:40 John Eccles
The Mad Lover Suite, 5. Aire
40:58 Jessica McMann (b.1987)
Blood, Fire, Flames
44:50 John Dowland (1563-1626)
Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens
47:04 Flow, my tears (Lachrimae Antiquae)
54:37 Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Improvisation on Lagrime mie
1:00:54 Afarin Mansouri (b.1974)
I choose to love you in silence
1:07:17 Henry Purcell
Dance from Dioclesian, Z.627, Act V
Chaconne from King Arthur Z.628