Last week, Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble
announced its upcoming concert of
The Book of Rounds. Very soon after that concert, Cerddorion presents a fully staged opera, something we don't normally do. We are collaborating with
Christopher Caines Dance to put the entire work into an innovatively staged production of
Dido and Aeneas. The opera was published around 1688 by English composer Henry Purcell. It tells the story of the widowed queen of Carthage, Dido, with Trojan prince Aeneas.
We will offer two performances:
Location: Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church, 152 W 66 St (near Amsterdam Ave), Manhattan
Times: Friday, March 27, 8 pm
Saturday, March 28, 3 pm
Buy tickets here
To learn more: Ellen Harris wrote about the opera's history in The New York Times in December of 2017:
The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know
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