"Dido and Aeneas" - Accademia degli Astrusi - Federico Ferri, conductor

Henry Purcell
"Dido and Aeneas"
S. Maria delle Grazie, Milan
September 8th 2014
MITO SettembreMusica 2014
Anna Caterina Antonacci - Dido, First Witch, Sailor
Yetzabel Arias Fernandez - Belinda, Second Witch, Spirit
Laura Polverelli - Aeneas, Second Woman, Sorceress
Ars Cantica Choir
Accademia degli Astrusi
Marco Berrini, choirmaster
Federico Ferri, conductor
Paolo Pollastri - oboe
Michele Favaro - oboe and traversiere
Lorenzo Colitto, Maurizio Cadossi, Gabriele Raspanti, Isabella Bison, Gian Andrea Guerra - first violin
Daniela Nuzzoli, Igor Cantarelli, Donatella Colombo, Nicola Bignami - second violin
Claudio Andriani, Emanuele Marcante, Valentina Soncini - viola
Alessandro Andriani, Sebastiano Severi, Nicola Brovelli - cello
Luca Bandini - violone
Aligi Voltan - bassoon
Daniele Proni - harpsichord and organ
Stefano Rocco - theorbo and baroque guitar
Elena Spotti - harp
Matteo Rabolini - percussion
© MITO SettembreMusica 2014

[@alidiba4105]

A very interesting production , different from other productions that are more tuned to Baroque style of Purcell , at the beginning the music reminds me of Beethoven and later on Vivaldi , yet it is nice and the singers are excellent.

[@peterholmes3011]

Excellent performance

[@experimentalis]

electrifying. many many thanks

[@luizcamargo1987]

Essa música me encantae e a execução foi perfeita!

[@SalHernor]

I absolute love that dance of min. 34:04 and I do not find the score nowhere. I bought two differents editions... nothing... so sad :( Any idea? please... Amazing performance, I liked very much, thank you for posting :)

[@AccademiaAstrusi]

Henry Purcell, Chaconne from The Fairy Queen :)

[@SalHernor]

Oh! Thank you very, very much! :)