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Return, remake, remember: Purcells Dido and Aeneas vom Poème Harmonique im Bozar

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Reviewed at BOZAR: Main hall, Brussels on 9 April 2025
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Vincent Dumestre, Conductor
Le Poème Harmonique
Ana Quintans, Belinda
Adèle Charvet, Dido
Jean-Christophe Lanièce, Aeneas
Caroline Meng, 1st Enchantress
Marie Theoleyre, 2nd Woman
Anouk Defontenay, 2nd Enchantress, Sorceress
Igor Bouin, Sailor, Sorcerer
Fernando Escalona, Spirit
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