Dido & Aeneas Act I: The Palace

Dido & Aeneas Act I: The Palace
Harkness Chapel
5/3/08, 5/4/08
Aeneas offers his sword as a symbol that he will defy "the feeble stroke of Destiny." Dido at last gives into her passion and dances with Aeneas.
For program, cast information, or scripts goto http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/dido/.

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• cwru
• case
• mediavision
• dido
• aeneas
• purcell
• department
• music
• opera
• act
• palace

[ggmorvaj]

Not authentic baroque, but does it really matter???....It's an awesome performance, great to see such a young cast doing such a fine job.....please remember, Purcell wrote music, not history, the first & foremost criteria is that it should be entertaining, & this performance really is.Love the dance combined with the singing. Wish the sound on this video was better & maybe the orchestration should have been lighter, but I don't know, maybe it wasn't overwhelming played live, just this video??

[jbccaldas]

The aria "Ah! Belinda" is too fast.

I agree with Montyleeny, this is so "no baroque".

P.S.: BelOnda?!

[ggmorvaj]

@Bseriesxlp I think some people on this thread r not happy because they notice that some of the baroque musical conventions aren't being observed, too.

But I haven't spent years of my life studying baroque ornamentation & orchestration, so maybe that's why it doesn't bother me, as much as it bothers some of the commenters.

I guess ignorance is bliss! lol

[ggmorvaj]

@Bseriesxlp Hi, I meant the costuming & the acting aren't authentic baroque. (No 17th century mannerisms & acting conventions like standing still while singing, holding the hands out from the body, etc.....details that some directors try to reproduce.)

But that's doesn't bother me at all. I totally enjoyed this production & I think the cast & crew show tremendous talent & enthusiasm. I just wish the sound & video were better, to do justice to the talented performers here.

[pinay733]

It is a shame that a beautiful performance such as this must lay within the realm of pretentious criticism. Each one of these individuals has produced a tantalizing and enjoyable act of human expression to be savored by all.

[Bseriesxlp]

@ggmorvaj: Why is it not authentic baroque?

[Durrakan]

This kind of makes me reconsider my choice of school . . . I almost went to Case.

[bellsprouts]

BELINDA IS AMAZING!

[jafarmboys]

good deal good deal

[operagirl89]

I was wondering if someone could enlighten me about the gestures these performers make. Are they Baroque? They seem quite stylized to me.

[gavinfarkas]

What the fuck!! Aeneas sounds like Kermit the frog courting miss piggy but alas dido is far to good for this Aeneas! Get out of your nose!