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Christ's College Music Society presents...

Dido and Aeneas
By Henry Purcell

08:00, Thu 8th May 2008 at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge
Easter Week 2

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) wrote his 1689 opera “Dido and Aeneas” in a prologue and three acts to a libretto by Nahum Tate, after Virgil. Purcell was living in London at the time, and wrote the opera for a girls’ school in Chelsea. It is his only true opera (i.e. with music throughout) and is among the finest examples of 17th century opera.

Cast

Dido – Rachel Beaumont

Belinda – Olivia Marshall

Aeneas – Edwin Hillier

Sorcerer – John Barber

First Woman – Jen Cole

Second Woman – Eily-Meg MacQueen

Sailor Boy – Edward Turnham, Hugh Salimbeni

First Witch – Alexandra MacMillan

Second Witch – Lottie Greenhow

First Warlock – Paul Sutton

Second Warlock – Robert Bogie

Sopranos – Sophie Benjamin, Anna Brooke, Kyra Cornwall, Amanda Foan, Sarah Gardner, Mary Hughes, Ruth Lloyd-Williams, Emma Pauncefort, Danielle Phillips, Rachel Phillips, Katie Taylor, Rachel Thomas, Sofia Wallstrom, Helen Wilson

Altos – Hetty Boardman-Weston, Ingrid Burt, Becky Chislett, Hannah Fiddy, Victoria Griggs, Alexandra Hepburn, Katy Horder, Sarah Musselwhite, Zoe Pollington, Ruth Rushworth, Emma Silvey, Ruth Sykes, Claire Wheeler

Tenors – Matt Doggett, Henry Lishi Li, Mark Parry, Alexander Shannon, Tom Smith

Basses – Ned Allen, Richard Bates, Andy Campbell-Smith, Tom Clarke, Simon Fairclough, Guy Kelly, Kasim Khorasanee, Jimmy Oh, Samuli Siikavirta

Spirit – Lottie Greenhow

Band

Violin 1 – David Irving

Violin 2 – Claire Bisdorff

Viola – Brendan Gillis

Cello – Emily Smith, Kate Conway

Double Bass – Austin Anderson

Oboe – Natassa Varcas

Trumpet – Jo Skelker

Percussion – Alexander Shannon, Jo Skelker

Continuo – David Rowland

Production Team

Musical Director – Hugh Salimbeni

Concert Manager – Alasdair Amos