Dido and Aeneas

Duration: 56'00''

Synopsis

Henry Purcell's tragic opera, starring Maria Ewing and Karl Daymond. Featuring music by Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Richard Hickox, with spectacular settings in the grounds of Hampton Court, designed by Dutch designer Nick Kortekas.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
Dido and Aeneas | BBC Radio 3 | 2023

Opera on 3 | Dido and Aeneas

Music by Purcell, including Sarah Connolly's much-praised recording of Dido and Aeneas.
The Commitments | BBC Two | 2024

The Commitments (1991)

Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.