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Dido and Aeneas
Opera in three acts by Henry Purcell
Libretto by Nahum Tate
(in English with German supertitles)
DnA
World premiere
Dance theatre in seven scenes by Christian Jost
Libretto by the composer
Commissioned by the Oper Graz
The opera Dido and Aeneas, a monumental work in Baroque opera that is remembered as one of Purcell’s foremost theatrical works written in 1689, recounts the love story of Dido, Queen of Carthage and the Trojan hero Aeneas. Evil powers avert a happy ending for the two lovers. In order to fulfill a mission, Aeneas is forced to abandon Dido, who as a result desperately kills herself.
Christian Jost, the famous German composer, whose opera “Hamlet” was awarded the title ‘best world premiere of the year 2009’ by the journal “Opernwelt”, has been commissioned to write the dance theatre “DnA” for this production that refers to Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” in music and content. The composition consist of seven scenes loosely joint to each other, forming different associative sound patterns as a basis for the choreography that reflects particular perspectives, concepts and encounters of love.
This world premiere is the third and last part of the Baroque cycle staged at the Oper Graz, following the productions “Nomaden” with music by Bach and “Messiah” with music by Handel. Darrel Toulon again creates a new score of movements that are made up for every dancer individually in every detail in order to link contemporary music with dynamic, artful choreography and allusive interactions.
Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch
Director & Choreography: Darrel Toulon
Set design: Alfred Peter
Dramaturg: Birgit Amlinger
Chorus Master: Bernhard Schneider
Dance Company
CAST:
Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch
Choreographie & Inszenierung: Darrel Toulon
Set design: Alfred Peter
Video: Herwig Baumgartner
Dramaturgie: Birgit Amlinger
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