Plymouth State University Choirs Present "Dido and Aeneas" in Concert

PSU Chamber Singers present Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" in concert on Tuesday, April 3,
2018 at 7pm in the Smith Recital Hall, Silver Center for the Arts. Based on the love story from
Virgil's "Aeneid," this English Baroque masterpiece features magnificent music, potent drama, and
remarkable intensity. The performance of the opera will include harpsichord and strings in a
gender-bending interpretation with sexual desire at its core.

Plymouth, NH, March 21, 2018 --(PR.com)-- PSU Chamber Singers present Henry Purcell's "Dido and
Aeneas" on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 7pm in Smith Recital Hall of the Silver Center for the Arts at
Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. Conducted by Professor of music Dan Perkins, the work
will be sung in English and tickets are available by calling (603) 535-ARTS and online at
http://www.plymouth.edu/silver-center/

Based on the love story from Virgil's "Aeneid," this English Baroque tragic masterpiece features
magnificent music, potent drama, and remarkable intensity.

This concert performance of the opera will include harpsichord and strings in a gender-bending
interpretation with sexual desire at its core.

“Dido and Aeneas” tells the tale of the legendary Queen of Carthage, Dido, and the Trojan refugee prince,
Aeneas. When Aeneas and his crew become shipwrecked in Carthage, he and the Queen fall in love. In
the meantime, witches plot Dido's destruction. The Sorceress has one of her coven impersonate Mercury
who tellsAeneas he must leave Dido and found the new Troy (Rome). Forced to choose between passion
and duty, Aeneas and his sailors prepare to leave, much to the witches' delight. Dido, who cannot live
without him, is absolutely heartbroken and awaits death.

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Plymouth State University Choirs
Dan Perkins
(603) 728-8184
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