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Opera in concert Dido and Aeneas<div> Henry Purcell Opera in three acts (1689)</div><div> Booklet by Nahum Tate</div><div><br></div><div> Adèle Charvet | Dido</div><div> Henry Neill | Aeneas</div><div> Ana Quintans | Belinda</div><div> Igor Bouin | The Sorceress/A Sailor</div><div> Caroline Meng | The First Witch</div><div> Anouk Defontenay | The Second Witch</div><div> Fernando Escalona Melendez | A spirit</div><div> Marie Théoleyre | A follower</div><div><br></div><div> Le Poème Harmonique Vincent Dumestre | conductor</div><div><br></div><div> Dido is a chamber opera where tragedy and comedy intertwine, carried by a narrative of infinite delicacy. Its conciseness does not detract from the sublime and dramatic tension, a tension that culminates in Dido's final lament.</div><div><br></div><div> Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Production</div>