Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu

(2023)

Genres: Music

Year: 2023

Runtime: 83 мин

Director: Blanca Li

Cast: Kate Lindsey, Renato Dolcini, Renato Dolcini, Ana Vieira Leite, Maud Gnidzaz, Virginie Thomas, Jacob Lawrence, Michael Loughlin Smith, William Christie

Plot

Dido, founder and queen of Carthage, falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas and they conduct a passionate affair. Tricked into leaving Dido by an evil Sorceress, Aeneas prepares his fleet in secret for departure. Dido cannot live without Aeneas and sings her great lament (‘When I am laid in earth’) and her passing is mourned by a chorus of cupids.