Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Welcome to the Undergraduate Opera Studio’s production of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas.  This is a time defying drama that has been performed in opera houses both big and small.  I always look forward to presenting this work and hope that you fall in love with it as I have.  The students always bring something special to this story of the ill fated love between Dido and Aeneas.  The confrontation between them near the end of the opera is one of the most dramatic such confrontations found in any opera of any time.  I pray thee, enjoy!!

Dido - Anna Poltronieri Tang
Belinda - Gia Cellucci
Second Woman - Anjulie Djearam
Sorceress - Emelia Boydstun-Torres
1st Witch - Ivy Evers
2nd Witch - Hannah Miller
Aeneas - Yerim Colin
Sailor - Valentine Umeh
Spirit - Baian Chen

Chorus - Molly Knight, Aislin Alancheril, Nancy Schoen, Yoomin Kang, Emelia Boydstun-Torres, Valentine Umeh, Xingyan Chen, Yerim Colin, and Mclean Weaver