Performance

Venue	Southbank Centre
	Also: Royal Festival Hall, RFH, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	30th January 2019
To	30th January 2019
When	19:30
Southbank Centre (V423)
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Date of change: 20 Sep 18 - T0295976598

Dido and Aeneas

Work:: Dido and Aeneas (S0904975955)

Production:: (T0295976598)

Dido, Queen of Carthage, learned that destiny is stronger than even the deepest love, and Henry Purcell turned her tragedy into what might be the first truly great opera in the English language. It's a drama that goes straight to the heart, and after a lifetime in early music Sir Roger Norrington is still finding new beauty in this miraculous score. He's joined by three superb dramatic singers ? and precedes the sorrows with Handel's gloriously extravagant Water Music: written to entertain Londoners in 1717 and just as much fun in 2019.

Company	London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor	Roger Norrington (Sir)
Performer	Marie-Claude Chappuis (Dido - soprano)
Performer	Lucy Crowe (Belinda - soprano)
Performer	Benjamin Appl (Aeneas - tenor)
Performer	Anna Dennis (2nd Woman - soprano)
Performer	Edward Grist (Sorceress / Spirit - countertenor)
Performer	Ciara Hendrick (1st Witch - mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Anna Harvey (2nd Witch - mezzo-soprano)
Music	Purcell (Dido and Aeneas - opera in a prologue & 3 acts)
Music	Handel (Water Music Suite)

Listing:: L01880447012

Royal Festival Hall

Production details

Dido, Queen of Carthage, learned that destiny is stronger than even the deepest love, and Henry Purcell turned her tragedy into what might be the first truly great opera in the English language. It's a drama that goes straight to the heart, and after a lifetime in early music Sir Roger Norrington is still finding new beauty in this miraculous score. He's joined by three superb dramatic singers ? and precedes the sorrows with Handel's gloriously extravagant Water Music: written to entertain Londoners in 1717 and just as much fun in 2019. Royal Festival Hall

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