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Last broadcast on Sun, 22 Mar 2009, 17:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Dido and Aeneas - watch the analysis
When I am Laid in Earth - watch performance
Stephen Johnson - presenter of Discovering Music
Nicholas Kraemer - Director
Carolina Krogius as Dido
Philip Smith as Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas - Carolina Krogius and Philip Smith
Dido and Belinda - Carolina Krogius and Fleur Bray
David Shaw as the Sailor
Katie Lowe as the Sorceress
David Millar, Theorbo player
Members of the Manchester Camerata
Details and cast list
As part of BBC Radio 3's Purcell celebrations, Stephen Johnson and Nicholas Kraemer examine Purcell's Dido and Aeneas - considered to be the first truly great opera in the English language. Along with members of the Manchester Camerata, and before an audience at the RNCM in Manchester, they examine Purcell's masterpiece in the light of its time and look at some of the musical devices that Purcell employs to create a tightly knit narrative and evoke real tragic human emotions.
The programme includes a performance of Dido and Aeneas featuring:
Dido ...... Carolina Krogius
Aeneas ...... Philip Smith
Belinda ...... Fleur Bray
Second Woman ...... Hanna-Liisa Midwood Kirchin
Sorceress ...... Katie Lowe
First Witch ...... Elise Dye
Second Witch ...... Soraya Mafi
Sailor ...... David Shaw
Spirit ...... Jenny France
RNCM Chorus and Manchester Camerata
Nicholas Kraemer (director).
Broadcast
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Sun 22 Mar 200917:00
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