Composer Errollyn Wallen continues Henry Purcells great operatic tragedy Dido and Aeneas in Didos Ghost, a new concert performance featuring Golda Schultz.
The story of Dido and Aeneas didnt end with Didos death. Discover what happened next and how memories wield a power all of their own, as composer Errollyn Wallen continues the tale, interweaving a full performance of Purcells great operatic tragedy within her own brilliant new opera.
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen has written pop and jazz-influenced songs alongside contemporary classical music and her reimagining of Parrys Jerusalem was heard at last years Last Night of the Proms. Her arresting new opera, with a libretto by Wesley Stace, stars South African soprano Golda Schultz as Dido and is staged by British director Frederic Wake-Walker.
Under the leadership of scholar and Baroque music authority John Butt, the Dunedin Consort is Scotlands own early music ensemble, renowned for bringing ancient sounds into the present day and rediscovering familiar music in new and surprising ways.
Didos Ghost reframes, illuminates and expands Purcells opera Dido and Aeneas, which exists in its entirety as a flashback within Wallens new drama. Performed on period instruments, Didos Ghost bridges the gap between worlds, as past blurs into present, and memory becomes emotion, in a new blending of ancient and modern.
Co-commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival, Dunedin Consort and Mahogany Opera, the Barbican Centre, Buxton International Festival and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
Supported by James and Morag Anderson
Dunedin ConsortJohn Butt ConductorFrederic Wake-Walker DirectorGolda Schultz Dido/AnnaMatthew Brook AeneasNardus Williams BelindaAllison Cook LaviniaHenry Waddington SorcererErrollyn Wallen Didos GhostA new opera incorporating Purcells Dido and AeneasSung in English with supertitles
