Purcell sung
Purcell’s opera “Dido and Aeneas” will be given a concert performance in Christchurch this week. Students of the School of Music at the University of Canterbury will present the performance on Sunday, August 2, at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. David Vine will be the conductor.
o The solo roles will be i taken mainly by singing i performannce students at the school. The leading 1 roles include Sarah Bell, 1 soprano, as Belinda, t Shelley Spang, soprano, as • Dido, and Teddy Rhodes, i bass, as Aeneas. » “Dido and Aeneas” was 1 composed in 1689 and is - often referred to as the first great English opera.
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Press, 29 July 1987, Page 22
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