Name: Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2009-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2009-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

Organization

Певец

Сопрано

Sarah Connolly

Дидона

Lucy Crowe

Белинда

Тенор

Lucas Meachem

Эней

Меццо-сопрано

Sara Fulgoni

Колдунья

Iestyn Davies

Дух

Ji-Min Park

Моряк

Eri Nakamura

Первая ведьма

Pumeza Matshikiza

Вторая ведьма

Anita Watson

Вторая дама

Дирижер

Christopher Hogwood

Режиссер-постановщик

Wayne McGregor

Хореограф

Художник-постановщик

Hildegard Bechtler

Художник по костюмам

Fotini Dimou

Художник по свету

Lucy Carter

Royal Opera House

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Dido and Aeneas -  (Дидона и Эней)

Лондон

Великобритания

Dido and Æneas, Purcell's best loved and most frequently performed work today, is also England's oldest full opera. Many details of its history are unknown, and it went unstaged for two centuries before an 1895 production restored its renown. Choreographer and stage director Wayne McGregor, “the closest thing to a rock star that ballet can currently claim” (The New York Times), breathes new life into the poignant story—based on Virgil's Æneid—with heavily atmospheric lighting, shrewd design choices, and modern ballet flourishes.

Dido, Queen of Carthage, is in love with warrior Æneas, who has sought refuge at her court following the burning of Troy at the end of the Trojan War. When Æneas arrives and expresses his love for Dido, the queen gives in and admits that she loves him as well. The wicked Sorceress, however, has plans to destroy their burgeoning love, sending a minion disguised as Mercury to convince Æneas to abandon the queen. Torn between love and duty, he announces to Dido that he must leave her. Desolate at his departure, she prepares for her own death, begging her sister Belinda to “remember me, but forget my fate.” Her plaintive swan song, “When I am laid in earth”—famously known as “Dido’s Lament”—is an absolute showstopper, one of the most heartrending arias in opera.

Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Public

Дидона и Эней

Одобрено

Участие в выступлениях (Исполнители и постановщики )

Исполнители

Постановочная труппа

Ансамбль