Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 15, 2009

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama, Music

User Score

100%

Original Title

Dido and Aeneas

Production Companies

Royal Opera House, The Royal Ballet

Director

Wayne McGregor

Description

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....