Released:
2009-05-15

Overview:
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....

Director:
Wayne McGregor

Runtime:
1h 0min

Genre:
Drama, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Sarah Connolly
  as
  Dido
• 
  Lucas Meachem
  as
  Aeneas
• 
  Lucy Crowe
  as
  Belinda
• 
  Sara Fulgoni
  as
  Sorceress
• 
  Anita Watson
  as
  Second Woman