Dido and Aeneas in concert
Duration
1 hour, no interval
This performance is sung in English, with surtitles in Dutch (based on the libretto translation by Janneke vander Meulen) and English.
Music
Henry Purcell
Libretto
Nahum Tate
Musical additions
Henry Purcell: When Orpheus sang (from Celestial Music did the Gods Inspire), The Gordian Knot Untied (overture), Pavan and Chaconne
Musical direction
Camille Delaforge
Mise en espace
Rosemary Joshua
Costume design
Jojanneke Gremmen
Lighting design
Peter van der Sluis
Dramaturgy
Jasmijn van Wijnen
Dido
Martina Myskohlid
Aeneas
Leander Carlier
Belinda
Franciana Nogues
Second Woman/First Witch/Spirit
Sophia Hunt
Sorceress
Polly Leech
Second Witch
Rita Fernandez
First Sailor
Salvador Villanueva Zuzuarregui
DNO Young Baroque Voices
Chorus master
Edward Ananian-Cooper
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Ensemble Il Caravaggio
Production team
Assistant conductor
Edward Ananian-Cooper
Movement coach
Evert Bakker
Supervisor
William Kelley
Rehearsal pianist
Daniel Ruiz de Cenzano Caballero
Stage managers
Roland Lammers van Toorenburg
Lucia van der Pasch
Artistic planning
Laurens Wolf van Alkemade
Master carpenter
Peter Brem
Lighting manager
Peter van der Sluis
Props manager
Niko Groot
Costume supervision
Lars Willhausen
First dresser
Jenny Henger
First make-up artist
Alina Gundacker
Sound technician
Juan Verdaguer
Surtitle director and operator
Eveline Karssen
Orchestra inspector
Jurrien Loman
Senior music librarian
Rudolf Weges
Production management
Lotte Heeman
DNO Young Baroque Voices
Sopranos
Elles Venhuizen
Ruoran Ma
Laia López Ramírez
Sam Cobb
Estelle de Koning
Mezzo-sopranos / countertenors
Hanno Egger
Jasperina Verheij
Erjan van der Velde
Eve Rhodes
Héloïse Godefroi
Tenors
Afonso Santos
Cheuk Lun Joshua
Alejandro
Barrientos-Rupérez
Basses
Trevor Brown
Jitze van der Land
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra / Ensemble Il Caravaggio
First violin
Evgeny Sviridov
Tijmen Huisingh
Maaike Aarts
Beverley Lunt
Philip Dingenen
Melissa Ussery
Second violin
Bas Treub
Olga Caceanova
Léa Al-Saghir
Zen Hu-Gothoni
Nadia ten Kate
Viola
Simone van der Giessen
Berdien Vrijland
Liselot Blomaard
Gijs Kramers
Cello
Sietse-Jan Weijenberg*
Wijnand Hulst
Giorgos Kotsiolis
Double bass
Annette Zahn
Oboe
Jeroen Soors
Jonas Schoups
Percussion
Sylvain Fabre
Viola da gamba
Jérôme Huille*
Lute
Benjamin Narvey*
Harpsichord
Camille Delaforge*
Brice Sailly*
*Basso continuo of Ensemble Il Caravaggio