CAVALLI: LA DIDONE

Opera in a prologue and three acts
Poetry by Giovanni Francesco Busenello
First recording

Pietro Francesco Cavalli
La Didone

Yvonne Kenny Cassandra / Didone
Laurence Dale Enea
Judith Howarth Creusa / Giunone
Uta Schwabe Ascanio / Amore
Hermann Oswald Pirro / Ombra Di Sicheo
Hans Jörg Mammel Corebo / Eolo
Wessela Zlateva Venere / Prima Damigella
Peter-Jürgen Schmidt Anchise / Un Vecchio
Hilary Summers Ecuba
Kwangchul Youn Sinon / Nettuno
Alexander Plust Iarba
Leonore Von Falkenshausen Fortuna / Seconda Damigella
Katharina Kammerloher Anna / Terza Damigella
Bernhard Landauer Mercurio

Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock Musical Direction

Publication: deutsche harmonia mundi | 1998