d i d o   a n d   a e n e a s

by Henry Purcell
English Touring Opera
Autumn 2018
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​★★★★
The familiar music is peeled back to reveal a psychodrama that hits you somewhere between heart and head. And a closing coup de théâtre is the final stab the show needs to tip it from artful to downright devastating
(The Spectator)

Production
Seb Harcombe (director), Adam Wiltshire (designer),
Jonathan Peter Kenny (conductor), Rory Beaton (lighting design)

​Cast
Sky Ingram (Dido), Nicholas Mogg (Aeneas), Frederick Long (Sorceress), Susannah Fairbairn (Belinda) Benjamin Williamson (spirit) Richard Dowling (sailor), Alison Manifold (second woman) Jorge Navarro Colorado (second witch)
and the Old Street Band
 
★★★★
Intense? Yes, but you'll want to catch this atmospheric and striking Dido (Times)

​★★★★
​Ambitious, adventurous and rewarding
(Telegraph)