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Purcell, Dido & Aeneas with I FagioliniSemi-staged performance

Kings Place: Hall One90 York Way, London, Greater London, N1 9AG, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Sunday 31 May 202615:00
Performers
Julia DoyleSopranoDido
Frederick LongBassAeneas
Rowan PierceSopranoBelinda
Martha McLorinanMezzo-sopranoSorceress
Robert HollingworthDirector
I Fagiolini

I Fagiolini’s semi-staged take on Purcell’s masterpiece – written when he was just 29. So much variety in a single hour: great tunes, sparkling instrumental interludes, hysterical witches, dance music and of course the great lament, ‘When I am laid in earth’. Purcell’s varied genius is also celebrated in I Fagiolini’s amuse-bouche, perfect miniatures from ‘Britain’s Orpheus’.

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