DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Presents: Baroque Opera Double Bill

DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Presents: Baroque Opera Double Bill

Friday, 18 January 2019, 7.30pm

DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama presents
Baroque Opera Double Bill

Friday 18th January 2019, at 7.30pm
Saturday 19th January 2019, at 7.30pm. 

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) – Dido and Aeneas
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda  

Purcell’s much-loved masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas, recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. The opera is full of magnificent music including Dido’s Lament, one of the most beautiful and tragic arias ever written. This is coupled with a rare opportunity to see Claudio Monteverdi’s Combat between Tancredi and Clorinda, a romance set against the backdrop of the First Crusade.

With CAST from Department of Vocal, Opera and Drama Studies.

Music Director – Steve Wallace
Stage Director – Peter McDermott
Producer – Una Hunt

Tickets: €20 and €12 (student/OAP/unwaged concession) available at the link below. 
Performance also on Saturday 19 January at 7.30pm.


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Published by Anna on 11 December 2018

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