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 - Daniela Pyne
Belinda - Yumeng Xing
Second Woman - Rachel Solyn
Sorceress - Yoomin Kang
1st Witch - Jialin Han
2nd Witch - Nancy Schoen
Aeneas - Mclean Weaver
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