Name: Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2024-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: City Recital Hall

Organization

Admin

Pinchgut Opera

Conductor

Erin Helyard

Stage director

Lucy Clements

Singer

Soprano

Valda Wilson

Dido

Tenor

David Greco

Aeneas

Sara Macliver

Belinda

Mezzo-soprano

Kanen Breen

Sorceress

Others

Cantillation

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Set designer

Jeremy Allen

Michelle Ryan

Cantillation Chorus

Lana Kains

Olivia Payne

Stephanie Dillon

Louis Hurley

Jack Jordan

Andrew O'Connor

Freddy Shaw

Lighting designer

Morgan Moroney

Choreographer

Shannon Burns

English

Dido and Aeneas

Sydney City

Australia

City Recital Hall

Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Public

Approved

Acclaimed for its insightful and unique interpretations of the lesser-known works from the Baroque period, Pinchgut Opera also relishes the opportunity to put its signature stamp on one of the best-known operas in the repertory.


Dido and Aeneas is the perfect operatic gem. Few stories capture the essence of tragic love, heroism and destiny as intensely as the tale of the  Trojan hero Aeneas and the noble Queen Dido, the founder of Carthage.


It is this star-crossed love story, laden with the tumultuous interplay of duty, passion and fate, that Purcell, a master of music for the theatre, chose as the subject of his only true opera.



Australian star soprano Valda Wilson (Theodora, 2016) returns to Pinchgut in her role debut as Dido, with acclaimed baritone David Greco as Aeneas. Joining them is Kanen Breen (Ormindo, 2009; Platée, 2021) inhabiting the snarling malice of the Sorceress, and the ever-eloquent Sara Macliver (The Fairy Queen, 2003; Orfeo, 2004; Bajazet, 2015) as Belinda.
Dido and Aeneas features some of the most beautiful Baroque music of all time, including the final lament of Dido, darkly brooding and famously tragic, which was aptly featured in the final season of the HBO smash-hit series The White Lotus.
Musically resplendent and thrillingly fierce, Pinchgut’s presentation of Dido and Aeneas is not to be missed.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble