Nahum Tate’s libretto for Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas starts bang in the middle of the story, at the moment Dido confronts her own debate between Honour and Love. Should she give in to new love, and betray her murdered husband’s memory, or resist and, effectively, die emotionally? And what will...
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Dido in England – “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell – Chapter 2
In my last piece, I went rapidly through who Dido was, if she existed, and what may or may not have happened in Carthage when Aeneas turned up, if he did. But in the context of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, that hardly matters. What does matter is who Purcell’s...
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Who was Dido ? – “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell – Chapter 1
In less than a month, come and enjoy our concert version with gestures of “Dido and Aeneas” by Purcell. Come and join us on our Facebook events: At the Dôme de Pontoise, April 6th At the Temple du Foyer de l’Ame in Paris, April 12th To make you wait a little, here is an...
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Dido and Aeneas as you’ve never heard it!
The Ensemble William Byrd will perform its own version of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas next April, in a concert version with gesture. Interpreting Dido is always more complicated than it appears. The only useful score dates from some 60 years after its composition, which was no doubt for the...
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