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A live music and film performance inspired by Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas. Taking the universal themes within Dido and Aeneas, the production focuses on four contemporary urban stories of grief, lost love, departure and death, which unfold in separate locations onstage. Using multi-media technology, cameras operated by the singers and actors cut between the narratives to focus and reveal significant details, which are projected live as part of the performance. Following a sell-out 2008 season of Lost Highway and Punch & Judy, ENO and the Young Vic celebrate the 350th anniversary of British composer Purcell’s birth with a major new production.
Cast/Performers
Susan Bickley (Dido),
Katherine Manley,
Lina Markeby,
Eyjolfur Eyjolfsson,
Madeleine Shaw,
James Gower,
Helen Jarmany,
Adam Green,
Amanda Hale,
Helena Lymbery,
Sandy McDade,
Eamonn Mulhall,
Dominic RowanCreatives/Company
Music:
PurcellCorporate Sponsor:
skyARTS (London Coliseum)
Producer(s):
English National Opera,
Young VicConductor:
Christian CurnynDirector(s):
Katie Mitchell,
Leo Warner (photography)
Design:
Vicki MortimerSound(s):
Gareth Fry,
Carolyn DowningLighting:
Philip Gladwell