Dido and Aeneas
Music by Henry Purcell
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Nahum Tate from the fourth book of Virgil’s Aeneid
Dido Michela Antenucci
Aeneas Mauro Borgioni
Belinda Ilaria Vanacore
Second Woman Alice Molinari
The Sorceress Benedetta Mazzuccato
First Witch / A Spirit Maria Bagalà
Second Witch Eleonora Filipponi
A Sailor Giovanni Maria Palmia
Conductor Mario Sollazzo
Director Stefano Monti
Assistant Director Monique Arnaud
Assistant Set Designer Lamberto Azzariti
Choreographic Movements Tony Contartese in collaboration with STED
Lighting Eva Bruno
MAR / Ensemble Alraune
MODENA LYRIC CHOIR/I MADRIGALISTI ESTENSI
Chorus Master Michele Gaddi
NEW PRODUCTION
Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena
Henry Purcell is one of the greatest composers of the English tradition. He is the author of both theatrical and instrumental scores. Dido and Aeneas, absent in Modena since the 1985/86 season, is a masterpiece written in 1689 in a chamber dimension before becoming one of the most famous works of the ancient repertoire.
The story is taken from Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid, whose mythological elements intertwine with the magical and fairy-tale aspects of the English tradition. The opera tells of the stay of the Trojan hero welcomed in Carthage by Queen Dido. However, their love story is opposed by dark forces, which see Aeneas forced to leave for Italy and Dido abandoned to despair.
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