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Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
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Christina Pluhar and the Ensemble L’Arpeggiata
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas – concert performance
Together with her internationally successful early music ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, harpist and theorbo-player Christina Pluhar are renowned for fashioning each and every concert programme out of a unique project. For this occasion, they have chosen one of the greatest masterpieces from the Baroque opera literature: Henry Purcell’s 1688 work Dido and Aeneas, based on Virgil. This concert performance relating the tragic tale of the ill-fated Carthaginian princess has additional thrills in store for the Müpa audience in the form of the world-famous Hungarian soprano and national treasure Emőke Baráth as she takes on the female lead. Joining her in what promises to be an exceptional production will be Tomáš Král, Céline Scheen, Luciana Mancini, Johanna Rosa Falkinger, Benedetta Mazzucato, Dingle Yandell and the Hannover vocal ensemble VOKTETT
Program and cast
Conductor: Christina Pluhar
Cast:
Dido - Emőke Baráth
Aeneas - Tomáš Král
Venus, Belinda - Céline Scheen
Sorceress - Luciana Mancini
First Enchantress, Handmaiden, First Witch - Johanna Rosa Falkinger
Second Enchantress, Second Witch - Benedetta Mazzucato
Phoebus - Dingle Yandell
Featuring:
VOKTETT Hannover
Ensemble L’Arpeggiata
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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