Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas in Concert

Join us for the Maritime Concert Opera’s special concert performance of Henry Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” with an all-East Coast cast, accompanied by the Blue Engine String Quartet on modern instruments and conducted by music director Tara Scott.
This early English opera (composed around 1689) will be sung in English by a great cast of East Coast singers. Based on Book IV of Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, includes some of the most beautiful arias and choruses ever written in English opera.
Because the opera is only an hour long, the first half of the program will be a 45 minute recital of arias and duets from early English composers, from Dowland to Handel. This gives an opportunity for the audiences to immerse themselves in the unique musical world of the English Baroque before we get to the opera.