Name: Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2023-04-28
End: 2023-04-28
Location: Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Konstantin Zakharov

First sailor

Conductor

Eldar Nagiev

Dmitri Jurowski

Stage director

Vyacheslav Starodubtsev

Set designer

Timur Gulyaev

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Sergei Skornetsky

Video designer

Vadim Dulenko

Choreographer

Sergey Zaharin

Chorus master

Vyacheslav Podyelsky

Sergey Tenitilov

Soprano

Irina Novikova

Dido

Aleksey Shapovalov

Aeneas

Sofia Bachaeva

Belinda

Mezzo-soprano

Marina Kipingan

Second woman

Andrey Triller

Sorceress

Julia Nikiforova

First witch

Olga Kolobova

Second witch

Maria Moiseenko

Assistant Costume designer

Elena Oleynik

Assistant Stage Director

Nikolai Natsybulin

Spirit

Svetlana Tokareva

Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NOVAT)

English

Dido and Aeneas

Novosibirsk

Russia

Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Public

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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.

«Дидона и Эней» - одна из немногих старинных барочных опер, вошедшая в репертуар крупнейших театров мира. Написанная выдающимся английским композитором Генри Пёрселлом, опера считается лучшим сочинением английской музыкальной культуры конца XVII – XVIII столетий. «Дидона и Эней» сочинялась для женской школы-пансиона и предназначалась для исполнения девочками. При жизни автора опера была поставлена лишь один раз и была почти полностью забыта. Однако спустя двести лет вышло ее печатное издание, благодаря чему опера не осталась в забвении и получила шанс на вторую жизнь.

В основу сюжета положен греческий миф о любви троянского героя Энея и царицы Карфагена Дидоны. Поистине удивляет, как в столь небольшом, камерном сочинении, молодой композитор сумел мастерски изобразить чувства и нарисовать картину, в которой искусно переплетаются фатальные магические силы рока и душевные терзания героев.

русский

Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Fri 28 Apr 2023, From (2022/2023), Directed by Vyacheslav Starodubtsev,, Conductor Eldar Nagiev, Dmitri Jurowski, Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk, Russia

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