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Dido & Aeneas

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October 20 - October 23, 2016
4:00PM - 4:00PM
Barnett Theatre at Sullivant Hall

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Add to Calendar 2016-10-20 16:00:00 2016-10-23 16:00:00 Dido & Aeneas Time: Various Event Host: A Collaboration between the School of Music and Department of Dance Short Description: The School of Music is hosting Dido & Aeneas in Weigel Auditorium. As one of the first and perhaps greatest of English operas, Dido & Aeneas offers a stunning combination of music drama inseparably entwined with vibrant dance and exquisite choral writing. Music by Henry Purcell - Libretto by Nahum TateA collaboration between the School of Music and Department of DanceA. Scott Parry, directorSusan Van Pelt Petry, choreographerKristina Caswell MacMullen, conductorSean Ferguson and Ryan Behan, continuoAs one of the first and perhaps greatest of English operas, Dido & Aeneas offers a stunning combination of music drama inseparably entwined with vibrant dance and exquisite choral writing. Virgil’s fateful story of the abandoned Queen of Carthage, versified by the poet Tate, culminates here in Purcell’s masterful When I Am Laid in Earth, one of the most moving and beloved arias in all of opera.Performance times include:Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.Preview performance: Thursday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens, Alumni Association members, Ohio State faculty and staff, all students. Call the Ohio State Ticket Office (614) 292-2295 or purchase online at theatre.osu.edu.For more information visit the School of Music.  Barnett Theatre at Sullivant Hall College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: Various
Event Host: A Collaboration between the School of Music and Department of Dance
Short Description: The School of Music is hosting Dido & Aeneas in Weigel Auditorium. As one of the first and perhaps greatest of English operas, Dido & Aeneas offers a stunning combination of music drama inseparably entwined with vibrant dance and exquisite choral writing.


Music by Henry Purcell - Libretto by Nahum Tate
A collaboration between the School of Music and Department of Dance
A. Scott Parry, director
Susan Van Pelt Petry, choreographer
Kristina Caswell MacMullen, conductor
Sean Ferguson and Ryan Behan, continuo

As one of the first and perhaps greatest of English operas, Dido & Aeneas offers a stunning combination of music drama inseparably entwined with vibrant dance and exquisite choral writing. Virgil’s fateful story of the abandoned Queen of Carthage, versified by the poet Tate, culminates here in Purcell’s masterful When I Am Laid in Earth, one of the most moving and beloved arias in all of opera.

Performance times include:

Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m.

Preview performance: Thursday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. 

Tickets: $15 general admission; $10 senior citizens, Alumni Association members, Ohio State faculty and staff, all students. Call the Ohio State Ticket Office (614) 292-2295 or purchase online at theatre.osu.edu.

For more information visit the School of Music

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