Name: Dido's Ghost
Start: 2023-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Herbst Theater

Organization

Conductor

John Butt

Stage director

Frederic Wake-Walker

Chorus master

Valérie Sainte-Agathe Tiphaine

Singer

Nicole Heaston

Dido

Matthew Brook

Aeneas

Nardus Williams

Belinda

Allison Cook

Sorceress

Others

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale

Dido's Ghost

San Francisco

United States

Herbst Theater

Dido's Ghost Errollyn Wallen

Public

Approved

Reinvention has always been a theme within classical music—
be it Handel blatantly reusing his own tunes, Mendelssohn giving us his own take on Bach, or Stravinsky ‘remixing’ the classical form. Bringing that tradition right up to date is Dido’s Ghost, effectively providing a sequel to Purcell’s masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, which is performed in its entirety, as if a flashback, in Wallen’s work. Dido’s Ghost bridges worlds and eras, and past blurs into present in an acclaimed new opera that’s direct from premiere performances in London and Edinburgh.

English

Dido's Ghost by Wallen, From (2023/2023), Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker,, Conductor John Butt, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, United States

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues