English Touring Opera

Rebecca Meltzer Director

Alex Robinson Musical Director

Alex Berry Designer

Queen Dido of Carthage prepares to wed the Trojan hero, Aeneas. But the rejected King Iarbas has planned his revenge with a devastating intervention that threatens to drive the lovers apart.

Based on Virgil’s epic poem TheAeneid, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas recalls the tragedy of the Queen of Carthage in a masterpiece of Baroque music, theatricality and despair.