La Didone

Album by Francesco Cavalli & Thomas Hengelbrock & Balthasar‐Neumann‐Ensemble & Yvonne Kenny & Laurence Dale

La Didone is an opera by Italian composer Pietro Francesco Cavalli, premiered in 1641. Stylistically it exemplifies early Baroque Venetian opera with a blend of expressive recitative and lyrical aria-like passages supported by a continuo-led ensemble and modest orchestration, and it sits within Cavalli's mid-17th-century output as part of the development of public opera in Venice.
First released: 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 8 (Venere, Enea, Acate)
    2:33
  2. 2.
    La Didone: Prologue (Fortuna)
    2:54
  3. 3.
    La Didone: Sinfonia
    2:14
  4. 4.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 9 (Amore, Didone)
    1:57
  5. 5.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 1 (Creusa, Enea, Ascanio)
    7:18
  6. 6.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 10 (Enea, Didone)
    3:36
  7. 7.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 11 (Three Ladies-in-waiting)
    3:30
  8. 8.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 2 (Cassandra, Pirro, Corebo)
    7:02
  9. 9.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 3 (Cassandra)
    2:57
  10. 10.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 12 (Iarba)
    2:14
  11. 11.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 13 (Iarba, An Old Man)
    2:56
  12. 12.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 4 (Venere, Enea)
    3:10
  13. 13.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 5 (Enea, Anchise, Ascanio, Creusa)
    4:31
  14. 14.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 1 (Didone, Anna)
    5:51
  15. 15.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 2 (Iarba, Two Ladies-in-waiting)
    4:24
  16. 16.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 6 (Ecuba, Cassandra)
    8:11
  17. 17.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 3 "La Caccia" (Four Huntsmen)
    4:07
  18. 18.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 7 (Sinon)
    3:21
  19. 19.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 8 (Enea, Shade of Creusa)
    4:46
  20. 20.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 4 (Mercurio, Enea)
    4:39
  21. 21.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 5 (Enea, Chorus of Trojans)
    6:27
  22. 22.
    La Didone: Act I, Scene 9 (Venere, Fortuna)
    4:17
  23. 23.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 1 (Giunone, Eolo)
    3:59
  24. 24.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 6 (Didone, Enea)
    10:00
  25. 25.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 7 (Shade of Sicheo, Didone)
    2:47
  26. 26.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 2 (Nettuno, Chorus of Mermaids)
    2:19
  27. 27.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 8 (Three Ladies-in-waiting)
    1:19
  28. 28.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 3 (Iarba)
    3:24
  29. 29.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 4 (Didone, Iarba)
    4:03
  30. 30.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 9 (Iarba, Mercurio)
    5:08
  31. 31.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 5 (Didone, Anna)
    3:40
  32. 32.
    La Didone: Act III, Scene 10 (Didone)
    4:37
  33. 33.
    La Didone: Sinfonia
    2:14
  34. 34.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 6 (Venere, Amore)
    3:05
  35. 35.
    La Didone: Act II, Scene 7 (Enea, Chorus of Trojans)
    2:51

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