Anna Herbst – Sopran Heike Heilmann – Sopran Rita William – Gesang Saif Al-Khayyat – Oud Nora Thiele – Perkussion Teatro del mondo Martha Jordan – Mezzosopran (Sorceress, Spirit) Fabian Kelly – Tenor (Aeneas, 2. Witch) Florian Küppers – Bass (Chor) Judith von der Goltz – Barockvioline (Konzertmeisterin) Emanuele Breda – Barockvioline Anna Kaiser – Barockviola Johannes Berger – Barockcello Andreas Küppers – Cembalo, Orgel, Leitung

Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Dido and Aeneas (1689) 1. Akt Ouverture Aria: „Shake the cloud from off your brow“ Chor: „Banish sorrow, banish care“ Aria und Ritornello: „Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment“ Duett (Dialog): „Grief increases by concealing“ Chor: „When monarchs unite“ Trio (Dialog): „Whence could so much virtue spring?“ Chor (ab T. 41): „Fear no danger“ Trio (Dialog): „See, your royal guest appears“ Aria: „If not for mine“ Chor: „To the hills and the vales“ Tanz: „The triumphing dance“ „Ya Mahla Al-fusha“ – Maqam Nahawend ⸻ 2. Akt Präludium und Aria: „Wayward sisters“ Chor: „Harm’s our delight“ Aria: „The queen of Carthage, whom we hate“ Chor & Dialog: „Ho ho ho!“ Chor: „In our deep vaulted cell“ Tanz: „Echo dance of the furies“ „Billadi askara“ – Maqam Bayat Ritornello Aria und Chor: „Thanks to these lonesome vales“ Tanz: „Gittar ground“ Aria: „Oft she visits this lone mountain“ Ritornello: „A Dance to entertain Aeneas by Dido’s Women“ Aria: „Behold, upon my bended spear“ Aria und Chor: „Haste, haste to town“ Duett (Dialog): „Stay, Prince“ „Tajfi wa tasel li’aday“ – Maqam Nahawend ⸻ 3. Akt Präludium und Aria: „Come away, fellow sailors“ Tanz: „The sailor’s dance“ Trio (Dialog): „See the flags and the streamers curling“ Chor: „Destruction’s our delight“ Tanz: „The witches’ dance“ Aria: „Your counsel all is urg’d in vain“ Trio (Dialog): „See, madam where the Prince appears“ Chor: „Great minds against themselves conspire“ Aria: „Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me“ Ground, Aria und Ritornello: „When I am laid in earth“