The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....
Top Cast
Sarah Connolly as Dido
Lucas Meachem as Aeneas
Lucy Crowe as Belinda
Sara Fulgoni as Sorceress
Anita Watson as Second Woman
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