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Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

A Night at the Opera

Part of the Reigate and Redhill Choral Society Summer 2018

Add to my Calendar 07-07-2018 19:00 07-07-2018 21:00 36 Purcell's Dido and Aeneas A Night at the Opera 7pm and 9pm performances Discover Purcell's 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. And for good measure it is probably the world's favourite opera in English. This powerful and dramatic rendition will feature a drinks reception with strawberries 30mins prior to each performance. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas St Mary's Church, Reigate DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Mary's Church
Chart Lane
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 7RN
England

Programme

Henry Purcell – Dido and Aeneas, Z.626

Performers

Peter Farrant – Conductor
Hugo Herman-Wilson – baritone
Dominic Bevan – tenor
Lauren Joyanne Morris – mezzo-soprano
Charlotte Bowden – soprano

Reigate and Redhill Choral Society

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Programme Note

A Night at the Opera 7pm and 9pm performances

Discover Purcell's 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. And for good measure it is probably the world's favourite opera in English. This powerful and dramatic rendition will feature a drinks reception with strawberries 30mins prior to each performance.

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

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