Name: Prom 7: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas
Start: 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Organization

Admin

BBC Proms

Dirigent

David Bates

Klavecinist

Klavecimbel

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Coote

Dido

Tenor

Baritone

James Newby

Aeneas

Gemma Summerfield

Belinda

Nardus Williams

Second Woman

Madeleine Shaw

Sorceress

Countertenor

Tim Mead

Spirit

Nicky Spence

Sailor

Alto-mezzo

Martha McLorinan

Second Witch

Helen Charlston

First Witch

Zanger

Danser

Luke Cartwright

Dancer

Owen Morris

La Nuova Musica

Others

Royal Albert Hall

Engels

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Prom 7: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Londen

Verenigd Koninkrijk

Prom 7: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas: Dido and Aeneas Purcell

Opera in concert

Opera

Dido en Aeneas

Approved

Troy has fallen, and the Trojan hero Aeneas and his band of refugees seek safety with Queen Dido of Carthage. But as Dido’s compassion deepens into love, dark forces plot against her happiness – and Destiny has little patience with a mere human heart. Henry Purcell turned a classical tragedy into what might be the first truly great opera in the English language: composed for a London audience in the late 17th century and still as moving in the 21st. Alice Coote is the tragic Queen who sings her famous lament, and following his Proms debut last year, David Bates returns to direct his innovative period-instrument ensemble La Nuova Musica.

English

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast

Instrumentatie

Ensemble

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