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Mark Twain famously said “If I had more time
I would have written a shorter letter.” Henry Purcell’s mini-masterpiece Dido and Aeneas distills all the drama and power usually found in a standard-length opera into a taut, fast moving and ultimately devastatingly powerful 60 minutes, along the way taking in a love story, pirates, sorcery and drunken sailors, all painted in vivid musical detail.

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Dido & Aeneas

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

Reinvention has always been a theme within classical music—
be it Handel blatantly reusing his own tunes, Mendelssohn giving us his own take on Bach, or Stravinsky ‘remixing’ the classical form. Bringing that tradition right up to date is Dido’s Ghost, effectively providing a sequel to Purcell’s masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, which is performed in its entirety, as if a flashback, in Wallen’s work. Dido’s Ghost bridges worlds and eras, and past blurs into present in an acclaimed new opera that’s direct from premiere performances in London and Edinburgh.

Allison Cook

Mezzo-soprano

Events

Past events

Dec 2, 2023

Dido & Aeneas · Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale

29 - 30 Nov, 2023

Dido's Ghost · Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale

Future and recently performed repertoire

Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale

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