May 1, 2027
1 performance
7:30 p.m.Abandoned Dido mourns her lost love.
Ema Nikolovska and Tyler Duncan bring Purcell's tragedy to life, accompanied by Bernard Labadie, Les Violons du Roy, and La Chapelle de Québec. The final lament, poignantly beautiful, has moved audiences for three centuries. A masterpiece of Baroque musical theatre.
H. PURCELL, Dido and Æneas, Z. 626 (Concert version, with prologue reconstructed by T. Dart and M. Laurie)
Conductor
Bernard Labadie
Mezzo-soprano
Ema Nikolovska (Dido, Queen of Carthage)
Baritone
Tyler Duncan (Æneas, Trojan Prince)
Soprano
Magali Simard-Galdès (Belinda, handmaid)
Choir
La Chapelle de Québec
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