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| Composer | Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Year | 1689 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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LondonPurcell: Dido and AeneasConcert performance
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Beth Taylor; Jonathan Brown; Anna Dennis; Hilary Summers
PragueDido and Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Michael Hofstetter; Alice Nellis; Prague National Theatre Opera; Matěj Cibulka; Kateřina Štefková; Ivo Dankovič; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
BudapestBest of Händel / Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Augustin Szokos; Dóra Barta; Hungarian State Opera; Dániel Erdélyi; László Bartal; Ildikó Tihanyi; Andrea Kovács
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The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark
Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.
Dido and Aeneas in Prague: wide-eyed wonderment
Alice Nellis' staging of Purcell's masterpiece is both historically faithful and innovatively modern. With Collegium 1704 providing the early music chops, it's a rare treat.
Stunning acrobatics, a forlorn farewell: Dido and Aeneas in Sydney
Yaron Lifschitz mesmerises from the opening tableaux’s row of candles in his Purcell staging for Opera Australia, featuring Circa, a Brisbane-based circus company.
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