[Aœde Consort Performance Archive]
Aœde Consort and The New Opera present:
Henry Purcell: Dido and Æneas
Keith Kibler, artistic director – Dan Foster, conductor
Friday, May 29, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
Chapin Hall, Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
$15 / students free
Dido – Vivien Shotwell
Æneas – Woodrow Bynum
Sorceress – Keith Kibler
Ensemble – Aoede Consort
Lisa Rautenberg, violin
André Laurent O’Neil, violoncello
Dan Foster will conduct from the harpsichord
Aoede Consort is thrilled to join The New Opera in a production of Henry Purcell’s dramatic masterpiece, Dido and Æneas. Come to Williamstown and enjoy first class singing from a cast headed up by Vivien Shotwell, 2009 regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera contest.
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)