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Dido & Aeneas
Dido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
Conductor | Christopher Moulds | |
Director and Choreographer | Sasha Waltz | |
Musical Production Reconstruction |
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Set Designers | Thomas Schenk | |
Sasha Waltz | ||
Costume Designer | Christine Birkle | |
Lighting Designer |
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Dramaturgs |
Jochen Sandig & Yoreme Waltz | |
Orchestra | Akademie fur alte Musik |
Soloists | |
Dido | Aurore Ugolin |
Aeneas | Reuben Willcox |
Belinda | Deborah York |
Second Woman | Céline Ricci |
Sorceress | Fabrice Mantegna |
First Witch/ Sailor | Eberhard Francesco Lorenz |
Second Witch/ Spirit | Michael Bennett |
Dancers | |
Dido | |
Aeneas | Virgis Puodziunas |
Belinda | Rita Aozane Bilibio |
Second Woman | Maria Marta Colusi |
Sorceress | Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio EsnaolaXuan Shi |
First Witch/ Sailor | Takako Suzuki |
Second Witch/ Spirit | Jirí Bartovanec |
Train of Aeneas | Luc DunberryManuel Alfonso Pérez Torres |
Narrator | Charlotte Engelkes |
Ascanius |
Surtitles: Hemdi Kfir |
Sung in English |
Surtitles in English and Hebrew |
A stunning opera-ballet created by choreographer Sasha Waltz with members of her dance company, soloists of the Berlin Staatsoper and the musicians of the Akademie fur Alte Musik, playing on authentic instruments.
Photos: Yossi Zwecker | ![]() |

Dates Tues 3.6 (20:00), Wed 4.6 (20:00), Fri 6.6 (13:00), Sat 7.6 (21:00), Sun 8.6 (13:00)
Reviews "As perfect unit of singing, dance and play, in which soloists, dancers and the fabulösen choirists of the Vokalkonsorts Berlin seem to merge”. (Manuel Brug, Due Walt)