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Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

Orchestra of St John's

Add to my Calendar 14-09-2015 19:30 14-09-2015 21:30 36 Purcell - Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas is Purcell’s single most famous work. Familiar to audiences long before the rediscovery in recent decades of Monteverdi and Handel, it is also the best-known opera to have been composed before Mozart. Based on the love story from Virgil’s Aeneid, this English baroque tragic masterpiece features magnificent music, potent drama, and remarkable intensity. osj.org.uk St John's Smith Square, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England

Programme

Henry Purcell – Arias, Duets and Chaconne
Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626

Performers

Francesca Saracino – Dido
Johnny Herford – Aeneas
Hannah Davey – soprano
Anna Shackelton – soprano
Charlotte Teley – mezzo-soprano
Ellie Edmunds – mezzo-soprano
John Lubbock – Conductor

Orchestra of St John's
OSJ Voices

Programme Note

Dido and Aeneas is Purcell’s single most famous work. Familiar to audiences long before the rediscovery in recent decades of Monteverdi and Handel, it is also the best-known opera to have been composed before Mozart. Based on the love story from Virgil’s Aeneid, this English baroque tragic masterpiece features magnificent music, potent drama, and remarkable intensity.

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