Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Name: Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Director: Wayne McGregor
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2009-05-15
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, Lucy Crowe, Sara Fulgoni, Anita Watson

10.0(1)20091h 0mEN

Directed by Wayne McGregor

The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....