Dido and Aeneas - Cyprus Opera Organization

Thu Sep 18, 2008 to
Fri Sep 19, 2008

20:30

Location

Larnaca Municipal Theater
Municipal Gardens
Leonida Kioupi
Larnaca, Larnaca

Description

The Cyprus Opera Organization presents “Dido & Aneas” by Henri Purcell.

Dido and Aeneas is an opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at a girls' school in the spring of 1689. It comprises three acts and lasts about an hour.

It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of Carthage Dido and the Trojan refugee Aeneas. When Aeneas and his crew are shipwrecked in Carthage, he and the queen fall in love. However, Aeneas must soon leave to found Rome. Dido cannot live without him and awaits death.

Featuring a group of 50 performers on stage.