Organization

Conductor

Eldar Nagiev

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Marzoeva

Sorceress

Tenor

Artem Akimov

Aeneas

Soprano

Daria Shuvalova

Belinda

Marina Kipingan

Lady of the entourage

Countertenor

Andrey Triller

Sorcerer

Julia Nikiforova

First witch

Olga Kolobova

Second witch

Konstantin Zakharov

First sailor

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya

Dido

Sofia Bachaeva

Aleksey Shapovalov

Yulia Yumaeva

Irina Novikova

Evgeniy Kozyrev

Svetlana Tokareva

Sorceress / Spirit

Stage director

Vyacheslav Starodubtsev

Dmitri Jurowski

Lighting designer

Sergei Skornetsky

Costume designer

Set designer

Timur Gulyaev

Video designer

Vadim Dulenko

Choreographer

Sergey Zaharin

Chorus master

Vyacheslav Podyelsky

Sergey Tenitilov

Author of artistic concept

Assistant Conductor

Assistant Stage Director

Nikolai Natsybulin

Assistant Costume designer

Elena Oleynik

Assistant choreographer

Anna Ryabukhina

Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NOVAT)

Dido and Aeneas

Novosibirsk

Russia

NOVAT

Small Stage

Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Public

Approved

Dido and Aeneas is one of the few old baroque operas included in the repertoire of the world’s biggest theatres. Written by an outstanding English composer Henry Purcell, this opera is considered the best piece of English music culture of XVII – XVIII centuries. Dido and Aeneas was designed for girls’ boarding schools and supposed to be performed by girls only. During the composer’s lifetime it was staged only once and hence, became almost forgotten. However, two hundred years later the opera was published, which saved it from doom and granted a chance for a new lease of life.

The plot is based on a Greek myth about Trojan hero Aeneas and Queen Dido of the Carthage. It truly is surprising how the young composer managed to imbue a rather small, chamber piece with thoroughly expressed feelings of the characters and create an image depicting the mystical ways of fate and the characters’ spiritual torments.

English

Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, From (2021/2022), Directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev,, Conductor Eldar Nagiev, Dmitri Jurowski, NOVAT, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Crew

Program, About & Synopsis

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