Errollyn Wallen: Dido's Ghost
When:
Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 7:00p -
9:00p
Saturday, Oct 18, 2025 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
Thomas Tull Concert Hall
201 Amherst St.
Cambridge, MA 02142
Admission:
$0-75
Hosted by:
Categories:
Music
Event website:
https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/performance-info/didos-ghost
Emmanuel Music opens their 2025/26 concert series with Errollyn Wallen's Dido's Ghost (2021), a resurrection of a timeless tale which casts a haunting shadow on Virgil's epic. This chamber opera delves into the spectral aftermath of Dido's despair, exploring the lingering echoes of love and betrayal by setting the entirety of Purcell’s original Dido and Aeneas as a dream sequence. Wallen's evocative new score bookends the Purcell revealing a new dimension to a familiar tragedy.
Wesley Stace, libretto
Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido
David Thomas Mather, Aeneas
Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress
Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit
Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor
Mara Riley, Belinda
Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director
Shura Baryshnikov, Choreographer
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music
in collaboration with the MIT Chamber Chorus
