Cape Consort's Dido and Aeneas

The Cape Consort's first fully-staged opera, a production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (1688). The Consort has joined with renowned theatre-maker Mari Borstlap for a new rendering of this classical love story under the leadership of Hans Huyssen. In this staging, the story of a Carthaginian queen and her Trojan hero, an ancestor of Rome's founders, is brought to the present day. Dido is a mentally unstable woman confined to the Carthage Asylum after the loss of her lover Aeneas, who has departed for Rome in pursuit of his career. Under the watchful eye of Belinda, matron of the asylum, Dido suffers terrible flashbacks of her lost love and horrible visions.

Venue: Fugard Theatre, Corner Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town
2-5 June
Time: 4pm | 8pm
Cost: R150

Tel: 021 461 4554
Email: moc.dragufeht@ofni
Website: www.thefugard.com
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Twitter: @TheFugard

Cape Conort's Dido and Aeneas: 02 June 2016
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Venue: Fugard Theatre Studio, Cape Town

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Corner Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Streets, District Six, Cape Town

Cape Conort's Dido and Aeneas: 03 June 2016
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Venue: Fugard Theatre Studio, Cape Town

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Corner Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Streets, District Six, Cape Town

Cape Consort's Dido and Aeneas: 04 June 2016
Time: 20:00 - 21:00
Venue: Fugard Theatre Studio, Cape Town

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Corner Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Streets, District Six, Cape Town

Cape Consort's Dido and Aeneas: 05 June 2016
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Venue: The Fugard Theatre Studio, Cape Town

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Corner Caledon and Lower Buitenkant Streets, District Six, Cape Town