This is a discography of Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London in the spring of 1689.

Recordings

YearCast:Dido, BelindaAeneas, SorceressConductor,opera house and orchestraLabel1935Nancy EvansMary HamlinRoy HendersonMary JarredClarence RaybouldBoyd Neel String orchestraCharles Kennedy Scott's A Capella singersDeccaCat: X 101-107 (shellac 78s)The first full recording, see R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936), 371.1945Joan HammondIsobel BaillieDennis NobleEdith CoatesConstant LambertPhilharmonia Orchestra and chorusOpera d'OroCat: OPD-12201951Eleanor HoustonAdele LeighHenry CummingsEvelyn CuthillJackson GregoryStuart Chamber Orchestra and Chorus of LondonPeriodCat: SPLP 546 (LP)Irma KolassiGisèle VivarelliYvon le Marc'HadourMarguerite PifteauPierre CapdevielleOrchestre de la Suisse RomandeGeneva Conservatoire chorusCascavelleCat: VEL 3107Kirsten FlagstadMaggie TeyteThomas HemsleyEdith CoatesGeraint JonesMermaid orchestra and chorusWalhallCat: WLCD01861952Kirsten FlagstadElisabeth SchwarzkopfThomas HemsleyArda MandikianGeraint JonesMermaid orchestra and chorusEMICat: CDH76100621955Martha MödlDora LindgreenHermann PreyGusta HammerHans Schmidt-IsserstedtNWDR-Sinfonieorchester HamburgChor des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks HamburgUraCantCat: 20081959Claire WatsonJeannette SinclairPeter PearsArda MandikianBenjamin BrittenEnglish Opera Group orchestraPurcell SingersBBC MusicCat: BBCB 8003–21960Teresa BerganzaHanny SteffekGérard SouzayJane BerbiéPierre DervauxOrchestra and Chorus of the Aix-en-Provence FestivalWalhallCat: WLCD03261961Janet BakerPatricia ClarkRaimund HerincxMonica SinclairAnthony LewisEnglish Chamber OrchestraSt. Anthony SingersDeccaCat: 46638721963Mary ThomasHonor SheppardMaurice BevanHelen WattsAlfred DellerOriana orchestra and chorusVanguardCat: 30033321965Victoria de los ÁngelesHeather HarperPeter GlossopPatricia Johnson John BarbirolliEnglish Chamber OrchestraAmbrosian SingersEMICat: CDM 5 65664 21967Tatiana TroyanosSheila ArmstrongBarry McDanielPatricia JohnsonCharles MackerrasChamber orchestra of the North German RadioMonteverdi ChorDeutsche GrammophonCat: 447 148–21970Josephine VeaseyHelen DonathJohn Shirley-QuirkElizabeth BainbridgeColin DavisAcademy of St Martin in the FieldsJohn Alldis ChoirPhilipsCat: 4428334 (CD)PentatoneCat: 827949023064 (SACD)1971Shirley VerrettHelen DonathDan IordăchescuOralia DomínguezRaymond LeppardOrchestra Sinfonica della RAI TorinoAmbrosian SingersArkadiaCat: 6191975Janet BakerBaker's second recordingNorma BurrowesPeter PearsAnna ReynoldsSteuart BedfordAldeburgh Festival strings orchestraLondon Opera chorusDeccaCat: 468 561–21977Tatiana TroyanosTroyanos's second studio recordingFelicity PalmerRichard StilwellAlfreda HodgsonRaymond LeppardEnglish Chamber OrchestraEnglish Chamber chorusEratoCat: 2292–45263–21979D'Anna FortunatoNancy ArmstrongMark BakerBruce FithianJoël CohenBoston CamerataLP: Harmonia MundiCat: HM 10.0671981Emma KirkbyJudith NelsonDavid ThomasJantina NoormanAndrew ParrottTaverner Consort and PlayersChandosCat: CHAN 83061982Ann MurrayRachel YakarAnton ScharingerTrudeliese SchmidtNikolaus HarnoncourtConcentus Musicus WienArnold Schoenberg ChoirTeldecCat: 4509–93686–21985Guillemette LaurensJill FeldmanPhilippe CantorDominique VisseWilliam ChristieLes Arts FlorissantsHarmonia MundiCat: HMC 905173Teresa BerganzaDanielle BorstPer-Arne WahlgrenGlenys LinosMichel CorbozEnsemble instrumental de LausanneLausanne City Opera chorusEratoCat: 2292–45263–2Jessye NormanMarie McLaughlinThomas AllenPatricia KernRaymond LeppardEnglish Chamber OrchestraPhilipsCat: 416 299–21988Anne Sofie von OtterLynne DawsonStephen VarcoeNigel RogersTrevor PinnockThe English ConcertDeutsche GrammophonCat: 427 624–11989Della JonesDonna DeamPeter HarveySusan BickleyIvor BoltonSt. James's Baroque Players and chorusTeldecCat: 4509–91191–2Rachel Ann MorganCamille van LunenDavid BarickMyra KroeseRoderick ShawAcademy of the Begynhof AmsterdamGlobeCat: 50201990Carolyn WatkinsonRuth HoltonGeorge MosleyTeresa ShawJohn Eliot GardinerEnglish Baroque SoloistsMonteverdi ChoirPhilipsCat: 432 114–21992Catherine BottEmma KirkbyJohn Mark AinsleyDavid ThomasChristopher HogwoodAcademy of Ancient MusicDeccaCat: 475 71951993Lorraine HuntLisa SafferMichael DeanEllen RabinerNicholas McGeganPhilharmonia Baroque OrchestraClare College, Cambridge chorusHarmonia MundiCat: HMU 9071101994Emily Van EveraBen ParryJanet LaxHaden AndrewsAndrew ParrottParrott's second recordingTaverner Consort and PlayersBBC Music MagazineCat: BBC MM129Sony Classical, Cat: SK 62993Avie, Cat:AV2309Kym AmpsAnna CrookesDavid van AschSarah ConnollyDavid van AschThe Scholars Baroque EnsembleNaxosCat: 8.553108Véronique GensSophie Marin-DegorNathan BergClaire BruaWilliam ChristieChristie's second recordingLes Arts FlorissantsEratoCat: 4509–98477–21995Jennifer LaneCassandra HoffmanMichael BrownDesiree HalacBradley BrookshireI Musici di San CassianoVoxCat: 7518Maria EwingRebecca EvansKarl DaymondSally BurgessRichard HickoxCollegium Musicum 90ChandosCat: CHAN 0586Jennifer LaneAnn MonoyiosRussell BraunJennifer LaneJeanne LamonTafelmusikCBC RecordsCat: SMCD 51471996Nancy MaultsbySusannah WatersRussell BraunLaura TuckerMartin PearlmanBoston BaroqueTelarcCat: 804241998Lynne DawsonRosemary JoshuaGerald FinleySusan BickleyRené JacobsOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentHarmonia MundiCat: HMX 29916832000Laura PudwellSalomé HallerPeter HarveyLaura PudwellHervé NiquetLe Concert SpirituelGlossaCat: GCD 9216012002Evelyn TubbJulia MatthewsThomas MeglioranzaEvelyn TubbPredrag GostaNew Trinity BaroqueEdition LilacCat: 200204–22003Susan GrahamCamilla TillingIan BostridgeFelicity PalmerEmmanuelle HaïmLe Concert d'AstréeEuropean VoicesVirgin VeritasCat: 5 45605 22004Nicola WemyssFrancine van der HeijdenMatthew BakerHelen RaskerJed WentzMusica ad RhenumBrilliantCat: 924642007Julianne BairdAndrea Lauren BrownTimothy BentchTatyana RashkovskyValentin RaduAma Deus Baroque EnsembleLyrichordCat: LEMS 80572008Sarah ConnollyLucy CroweGerald FinleyPatricia BardonSteven Devine and Elizabeth KennyOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentChoir of the EnlightenmentChandosCat: CHAN 07572008Simone KermesDeborah YorkDimitris TiliakosOleg RyabetsTeodor CurrentzisMusicAeternaThe New Siberian SingersAlphaCat: 1402009Solenn' Lavanant LinkeYeree SuhAlejandro MeerapfelFabian SchofrinLeonardo García AlarcónCappella MediterraneaLa Nouvelle MenestrandieAmbronayCat: AMY0222010Malena ErnmanJudith Van WanroijChristopher MaltmanHilary SummersWilliam ChristieLes Arts FlorissantsFRA MusicaCat: FRA001 (DVD) & FRA501 (Blu-ray)2014Rachael LloydElin Manahan ThomasRobert DaviesRoderick MorrisChristopher MonksArmonico ConsortsignumCat: SIGCD417

Critical attention In Opera on Record, ed. Alan Blyth (Hutchinson & Co./Beaufort Books, Inc., 1983), Graham Sheffield (pp. 11–25) was one of the first authors to supply a comparative discography, praising, for period authenticity, the recordings by Cohen (1978) and Parrott (1981). He found flaws in nearly every recording, but also particular assets, e.g. Roy Henderson in the 1935 recording, Isobel Baillie in 1945, the conducting of Geraint Jones in 1951, several aspects of Lewis's 1961 recording, Peter Glossop in 1965, Mackerras' theatrical instinct in 1967, and Colin Davis' "immense vitality and musicianship" in 1970; apart from Veasey's Dido, he finds sufficient quality in all the vocal contributions to recommend this last as the most important 'non-period' recording.

The Haïm recording (2004 in US) received a highly complimentary review from Allan Kozinn, saying it surpassed Parrott's 1981 production, the latter "[u]ntil now, the best". Kozinn noted orchestration and vocal range innovations by Haïm, as well as strong major and minor cast members.Kozinn, Allan, "Music; Poor Dido Finally Gets a Real Man", The New York Times, March 7, 2004. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

References Notes

Sources Hoasm.org Purcell discography, accessed 6 January 2010 Operone discography, accessed 14 January 2010 Prestoclassical discography, accessed 7 January 2010 Tore Frantzvåg Steenslid's full discography, accessed 7 January 2010