Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Wayne McGregor
Writer Nahum Tate (Writer)
Release Date May 15, 2009
Runtime 60 min (1h 0m)
Country United Kingdom
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Royal Opera House

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (2009)

Directed by Wayne McGregor
• Written by Nahum Tate
⭐ 5.0 / 5 (1 votes) ⏱️ 60 min 🎬 Drama, Music

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Synopsis

The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....

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 Writer Nahum Tate
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