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Music on Two: Dido and Aeneas

on BBC Two England

A new production specially performed for BBC-2 by Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Chorus-Master, Myer Fredman
Glyndebourne Festival Ballet
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader, Rodney Friend
Conducted by John Pritchard
An Outside Broadcast from Glyndebourne Opera House.

Contributors

Music:
Henry Purcell
Arranged by:
Benjamin Britten
Arranged by:
Imogen Holst
Libretto:
Nahum Tate
Continuo played by:
Martin Isepp
Continuo played by:
Alexander Cameron
Singers:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Chorus-Master:
Myer Fredman
Dancers:
Glyndebourne Festival Ballet
Principal dancer:
Hazel Merry
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Rodney Friend
[Orchestra] conducted by:
John Pritchard
Head of Music Staff and Preparation:
Jani Strasser
Choreographer:
Pauline Grant
Designer:
Lorenzo Ghiglia
Producer:
Franco Enriquez
Presented for TV by:
John Vernon
Dido:
Janet Baker
Aeneas:
Thomas Hemsley
Belinda:
Elizabeth Robson
Sorceress:
Yvonne Minton
Sailor:
Ryland Davies
Second woman:
Lorna Elias
First witch and Voice of Mercury:
Clare Walmesley
Second witch:
Elizabeth Bainbridge

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