Dido and Aeneas

Gulbenkian Orchestra and Choir / Maxim Emelyanychev

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Gulbenkian Choir
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Maxim EmelyanychevHarpsichord / Conductor
Marianne Beate Kielland Mezzo-Soprano (Dido)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer Bass-Baritone (Aeneas)
Ana Quintans Soprano (Belinda / Venus)
Cátia Moreso Mezzo-Soprano (Sorceress/ Spring)
David Webb Tenor (Sailor/ Phoebus)
Cecília Rodrigues Soprano (1st Witch, 2nd Woman, 2.ª Nereid, 2.ª Shepherdess)
Eduarda Melo Soprano (2nd Witch, 1.ª Nereid, 1st Shepherdess)
Beatriz Ventura Soprano – Gulbenkian Choir (Spirit)

Helena Raposo Baroque guitar
Shizuko Noiri Oud
Adrià Gàlvez Pipe organ

Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas

*Due to unforeseen reasons, conductor Leonardo García Alarcón is replaced by Maxim Emelyanychev.


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Operas with a fully scored libretto were a rarity in sixteenth-century England. A notable exception is Henry Purcell’s work Dido and Aeneas (1689), revealing the English composer’s dramatic genius. Conducting the Gulbenkian Orchestra and a range of experienced singers, young conductor Maxim Emelyanychev will demonstrate his leadership and boldness in addressing the inexorable and tragic love between Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan Aeneas.

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