COMPANY English Touring Opera DIRECTOR Rebecca Meltzer CONDUCTOR Alex Robinson DESIGNER Alex Berry
Alexandra will be covering the role of “Dido” in ETO’s production of DIDO & AENEAS, paired with ARIADNE by Elena Langer in a double bill.
A double bill of timeless stories of love and loss.
DIDO & AENEAS
Queen Dido of Carthage prepares to wed the Trojan hero, Aeneas. But the rejected King Iarbas has planned his revenge with a devastating intervention that threatens to drive the lovers apart.
Based on Virgil’s epic poem TheAeneid, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneasrecalls the tragedy of the Queen of Carthage in a masterpiece of Baroque music, theatricality and despair.
