Among her quintessential recordings is a recording of “Dido’s Lament” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, an essential recording of this deeply moving aria. Baker’s unmistakable timbre and impeccable style is perfect for Dido, as it also was for both Dido and Cassandre in Berlioz’s Les Troyens.
Janet Baker should have made it to the Met
The divine Dame Janet Baker never sang at the Metropolitan, sadly for American audiences.
By
Darby Fegan
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People: Hector Berlioz, Henry Purcell, Janet Baker
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Works: Dido and Aeneas, Les Troyens
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Places & Organizations: Metropolitan Opera
