BAROQUE OPERA IN 3 ACTS BY HENRY PURCELL
15 - 17/10;Friday to Sunday;8pm (15, 16/10), 3pm (17/10)
Dom Pedro V Theatre
Tickets: MOP 200, 150, 100
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Libretto: Nahum Tate
Conductor: Marshall McGuire
Stage Director and Lighting Designer: Maurizzio di Mattia
Set Design: Andrea Miglio
Costumes: Opera di Roma
Dolce Voce Chorus
The Macao Orchestra
| CHARACTERS AND CAST |
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| Dido, Queen of Carthage |
Rebecca Ringle, High Mezzo-soprano |
| Belinda, Dido’s sister and handmaid |
Sharin Apostolou, Light Soprano |
| Aeneas, Trojan Prince |
Kenneth Mattice, Baritone |
| Sorceress |
Paul Goen, Bass |
| Second Woman, another handmaiden |
Sarah Nelson Craft, Mezzo-soprano |
| First Witch / Enchantress |
Tijana Grujic, Mezzo-soprano |
| Second Witch / Enchantress |
Margaret Peterson, Mezzo-soprano |
| Spirit, in the form of Mercury |
Monica Yunus, Soprano |
| First Sailor |
Jim Price, Tenor |
When English composer Henry Purcell wrote Dido and Aeneas , opera was not yet publicly performed in London. Indeed, although Purcell was already recognised as one of London’s most distinguished musicians and composers, the debut performance of Dido and Aeneas was not in the kind of grand theatre we now associate with opera. It took place at “Josias Priest’s Boarding School” at Chelsey, possibly as early as 1680. In time this sparkling miniature opera, filled with intense drama and elegant song, would dazzle theatre audiences around the world. Lasting little more than an hour, this brilliant work by the greatest English composer of his time, encompasses a broad range of expressive music, from a high-spirited sailor’s dance to one of the most touching operatic arias, Dido’s lament “When I am laid in Earth”. Don’t miss this exciting new production.
Duration: approximately 1 hour, no interval
With surtitles in Chinese, Portuguese and English
FESTIVAL+: Pre-Concert Talk