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Title:
Dido & Aeneas [videorecording] / Rhombus Media presents the Mark Morris Dance Group in a film by Barbara Willis Sweete ; conceived and choreographed by Mark Morris ; music by Henry Purcell ; producer, Daniel Iron ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete.

Other Title Variation :
Dido and Aeneas

Call Number:
782.1 PURCELL

Edition:
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1).

Publication Information :
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2000.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Produced in 1995 by Rhombus Media in association with Channel 4 Television UK ... [et al.]

Creation/Production Credits:
Director of photography, Milan Podsedly ; editor, Petra Valier ; music performed by Tafelmusik Orchestra and Chamber Choir, music director, Jeanne Lamon, choir director, Ivars Taurin.

Performer(s):
Mark Morris Dance Group: Mark Morris, Guillermo Resto, Ruth Davidson, Rachel Murray, Tina Fehlandt, William Wagner, Kraig Patterson.

Summary:
A danced performance of the Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas. Dido, the noble queen of Carthage, has fallen in love with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. While the court celebrates the imminent union of the two monarchs, the evil sorceress with her coven of witches plots their downfall. Romance leads to hearbreak and tragedy.

Language:
Sung and subtitled in English.

Personal Subject:
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695 Film and video adaptations.

Subject Term:
Aeneas Legendary character Drama.
Dido Legendary character Drama.
Operas 17th century.
Ballets.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Sweete, Barbara Willis.
Iron, Daniel.
Morris, Mark, 1956-
Resto, Guillermo.
Davidson, Ruth.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas.

Added Author:
Mark Morris Dance Group.
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir.
Rhombus Media (Firm)
Image Entertainment (Firm)

Uniform Title:
Dido and Aeneas (Choreographic work : Morris)