Dido and Aeneas

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams... So begins Deborah Warner’s captivating 2008 production of Purcell’s timeless opera Dido and Æneas: a careful warning that suits the tragic story only too well. Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman as a disarming Dido is at the head of a stellar cast joined by Les Arts Florissants under William Christie’s direction.

Cast

Malena Ernman

Christopher Maltman

Judith van Wanroij

Hilary Summers

Lina Markeby

Crew

Deborah Warner

Director

Nahum Tate

Writer

Henry Purcell

Music

Publius Vergilius Maro

Story