
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (2009)
- NR
- 04/03/2009 (GB)
- Drama, Music
- 1h
Overview
The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....
Wayne McGregor
DirectorNahum Tate
WriterCast

Sarah Connolly
DidoLucas Meachem
Aeneas
Lucy Crowe
BelindaSara Fulgoni
SorceressAnita Watson
Second WomanEri Nakamura
First WitchPumeza Matshikiza
Second Witch