PURCELL / LE POEME HARMONIQUE / DUMESTRE - Dido & Aeneas

After the success of the DVDs devoted to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Cadmus &Hermione, Vincent Dumestre and Le Poème Harmonique continue their explorationof repertoires of the 17th century.This piece, combining theatre and music, allowed Purcell to achieve his dramaticideal. In fact, he wrote only a single opera in his short career - he died at the age of36 -, but with it, he left us a gem of rare beauty and extreme concision. The work'sgenius is also due in part to the quality of the libretto, skilfully put together byNahum Tate.Cécile Roussat and Julien Lubek, stage directors coming from the arts of the circusand the mime Marceau, had already collaborated with Le Poème Harmoniqueon the Carnaval Baroque. Here, they combine mime, dance and acrobatics withthe music in a moving, magical production.