Goethe Choir is excited to announce a semi-staged performance Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas—one of the most significant works in the Baroque opera repertoire.
Adapted from Virgil’s Aeneid the opera tells the tragic love story of Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan hero. It is often considered the world’s favourite opera in English.
The cast is led by mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty—with her ‘velvety expressive voice’ (The Journal of Music) and the ‘richly varied’ and ‘powerful’ (Bachtrach) baritone Benjamin Russell in the two titles roles, supported by rising young soprano Hannah Gries and popular soprano Katy Kelly. The performance also features dancer, actor and theatre-maker Stephanie Dufresne, internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Perry Schack and the Lumiere Quartet—led by Irish Baroque Orchestra leader Claire Duff. All will be under the baton of the inimitable John Dexter.
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