Purcell: Dido and AeneasConcert performance

An immersive production of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, conducted by Jonathan Sells and directed by Andrew Staples.

The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists present Purcell’s operatic masterpiece in the stunning location of Cutty Sark's dry dock in Greenwich. A cast of leading soloists bring this drama – based on Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid – to life as never before.

With the hull of the historic Cutty Sark looming over the narrative like a spectre of the Trojan fleet, the production incorporates Purcell’s Funeral Sentences, written for the funeral of Queen Mary, who founded the Royal Hospital for Seamen on the site of the present Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

Expect the unique acoustic – and visual spectacle – of Cutty Sark’s Dry Dock to heighten the emotional heart of this tragedy.