Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
7:30pm Friday, November 2, 2012
3:00pm Sunday, November 4, 2012
Sundin Music Hall
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Matthew Mehaffey, conductor
Helen Jensen, piano
Maria Jette, Dido
Craig Lemming, Aeneas
Elizabeth Steffensen, Belinda
Oratorio Society Chorus
Based on Virgil’s Aeneid, this English Baroque tragedy recounts the love story between the legendary Queen of Carthage, Dido, and the Trojan refugee prince, Aeneas, and her heartbreak at his abandonment of her.
Program
Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
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