Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Plot Summary

The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....

Top Cast

Sarah Connolly Dido

Lucas Meachem Aeneas

Lucy Crowe Belinda

Sara Fulgoni Sorceress

Anita Watson Second Woman