Name: Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2021-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St. Thomas's Church

Organization

Stage director

Lynton Atkinson

Choreographer

Zenaida Yanowsky

Soprano

Angharad Rowlands

Dido

Tenor

Theo Perry

Aeneas

Natasha Page

Belinda

Countertenor

Hamish McLaren

Sorcerer

Mezzo-soprano

Olivia Bell

Sorceress

First witch

Eleanor Rosser-Smyth

Second woman

Hurn Court Opera

Dido and Aeneas

Salisbury

United Kingdom

St. Thomas's Church

Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Public

Opera in concert

Opera

Approved

Featuring a cast of rising young vocal stars, this new production melded choreographed movement with Purcell's exquisite music. Zenaida Yanowsky, former star principal of the Royal Ballet, joined as Movement Director and baroque strings were led from the harpsichord by Lynton Atkinson.
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Cast included:
Dido - Angharad Rowlands
Aeneas - Theo Perry
Belinda - Natasha Page
Sorcerer - Hamish McLaren
1st Witch - Olivia Bell
2nd Witch - Lily Mo Browne
2nd Woman - Eleanor Rosser-Smyth
Spirit - Cassandra Dalby

'A mesmerising Dido...Rowlands and her counterpart, Theo Perry as Aeneas were hugely impressive, expressing power and tenderness, never losing clarity.' Will Frampton, Bournemouth Echo.

English

Dido and Aeneas by Purcell, Thu 02 Sep 2021, From (2021/2021), Directed by Lynton Atkinson,, St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury, United Kingdom

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