£37.50
Out of stock
Date 1940's ?
London Mermaid Theatre – Dido Aeneas – 1940s
An early programme for Dido Aeneas, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, at the Mermaid Theatre, London, with details of the orchestra.
Henry Purcell’s short opera tells of the Queen of Carthage and her doomed love for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and contains one of the most moving arias in all opera.
Programmes from the Mermaid’s first seasons are a rare and historic piece of theatre memorabilia, much prized by opera and theatre collectors.
| Production | Dido Aeneas |
|---|---|
| Venue | Mermaid Theatre – London |
| Cast | the orchestra. |
Condition: V Good, cfld, lcr
Did you know?
- The Mermaid’s famous early Dido and Aeneas starred the great Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, a friend of Bernard Miles.
- Dido’s Lament, “When I am laid in earth”, is played each year at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
- The opera is often dated to around 1689, when it was performed at a girls’ school in Chelsea.
SKU: T00718
