About This Show

A riveting pairing of one-act masterpieces, written more than two centuries apart, explores the fine line between devotion and obsession. In Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, an intimately scaled tragedy, a queen falls prey to the machinations of a formidable enemy, losing her heart to a man who abruptly abandons her. In Bartók’s suspenseful orchestral showpiece Bluebeard’s Castle, an impulsive young bride turns her back on her family, only to uncover increasingly dark truths about her new husband.


Show Details

Running Time: 2hr 0min (1 intermission)
Dates: One Night Only: October 25, 2014

Cast

LIAM BONNER AENEAS
KATERYNA KASPER BELINDA (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
JOHN HOLIDAY SORCERESS (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
SUMMER HASSAN SECOND LADY (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
G. THOMAS ALLEN FIRST WITCH (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
DARRYL TAYLOR SECOND WITCH (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
BRENTON RYAN SAILOR/SPIRIT (IN "DIDO AND AENEAS")
ROBERT HAYWARD BLUEBEARD
CLAUDIA MAHNKE JUDITH (IN "BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE")