Dido and Æneas
Henry Purcell
Ensemble Diderot and Johannes Pramsohler bring us a pure gem from the English vocal repertoire.
Anna Wall | Dido
Yoann Dubruque | Æneas
Apolline Raï-Westphal | Belinda
Johannes Pramsohler | direction
Ensemble Diderot | orchestra and choir
Young audience workshops Chantons à tue-tête ! (4-6 years old)
Ensemble Diderot, which is often acclaimed for its instrumental performances and which is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year, is no newcomer to opera. In late 2020, Croesus by Reinhard Keiser on the stage of the Athénée was just one of the works revived by Johannes Pramsohler and the group. Not such a rarity this time, but rather a chamber music hit freely inspired by Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate from Canto IV of Virgil’s Aeneid. Although Dido and Aeneas is shrouded in mystery it will fit this morning’s vocalist like a glove. In her mother tongue, Anna Wall reprises a role which she honed in the two years she spent at the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Paris, whereas Yoann Dubruque reprises his well-established hero from the Opéra Massy in the company of Apolline Raï-Westphal’s Belinda.
Coréalisation Jeanine Roze Production | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées