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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Karima El Demerdasch (Dido)
© Paul Marc Mitchell
Dido and Aeneas aboard the Cutty Sark
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Hubert Zapiór (Aeneas)
© Paul Marc Mitchell
Johanna Wallroth (Belinda) and Karima El Demerdasch (Dido)
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“the harmonious melding of voices and instruments was blissful”
Reviewed at Royal Museums Greenwich: Cutty Sark, London on 21 May 2026
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Immersive production)
Jonathan Sells, Conductor
Andrew Staples, Director
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Karima El Demerdasch, Dido
Hubert Zapiór, Aeneas
Johanna Wallroth, Belinda
Bethany Horak-Hallett, Sorceress
Sofia Kirwan-Baez, 1st Enchantress
Zoë Brookshaw, 2nd Woman
Rebekah Jones, 2nd Enchantress
Robert Davies, Sailor
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