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Samling Academy Opera: Dido and Aeneas 17 July

Thursday 17th July @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

She is Queen of Carthage. He is on a mission to build an empire. United in love, they could rule the world – but rival powers are plotting to keep them apart. What happens when turbulent global politics clash with human passions? Find out in Samling Academy Opera’s new production of Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
Claudio Monteverdi De la bellezza le dovute lodi
Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Tia Radix-Callixte Dido, Queen of Carthage
Max Robbins Aeneas, Prince of Troy
Arielle Loewinger Belinda
Laura Postlethwaite First Lady 
Davina Halford-Macleod Sorceress
Anna Forbes, Margretta Ibrahim, Megan Moffitt Witches
Ben Ryan Sailor

John Butt director
Dunedin Consort

An outstanding cast of young singers from the North East are joined by the internationally acclaimed Dunedin Consort on period instruments with their director John Butt, and a short companion piece by Claudio Monteverdi sets the scene for Dido’s royal court.

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