Details

Power. The might of the all-conquering Greeks pitted against the strength of the imperious city of Troy. The nobility of the Trojan hero Aeneas enslaved by the bewitching beauty of Dido queen of Carthage. Sweepingly powerful in scale and impact, The Trojans takes you to the pulsating heart of the tensions within both the political and the personal. Sky and Artsworld Season. Running time is approximately 5 hours. Supported by a syndicate of individual donors.

Cast/Performers

John Daszak (Aeneas), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Susan Bickley (Cassandra / Ghost of Cassandra), Anna Burford (Anna), Robert Poulton (Chorebus / Ghost of Chorebus), Clive Bayley (Narbal), Carole Wilson (Hecuba), Christopher Gillett, Anne-Marie Gibbons, Mark Padmore, Brindley Sherratt, Gerard O'Connor, Ronald Wood, Henry Waddington

Creatives/Company

Music: Berlioz
Producer: English National Opera
Director: Richard Jones
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Design(s): Stewart Laing (Act I / II), John Macfarlane (Act III)
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Choreographer: Philippe Giraudeau
Translation: Hugh Mcdonald