{"id":6100,"date":"2025-09-22T12:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=6100"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:33:42","slug":"dido-and-aeneas","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/en\/programme\/dido-and-aeneas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dido and \u00c6neas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#ea4d3d;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"27px\">Dido and \u00c6neas<\/p><\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#ea4d3d;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Henry Purcell, libretto by Nahum Tate<br \/>\nTexts excerpted from Shakespeare\u2019s <em>Macbeth<\/em>, <em>The Tempest<\/em>, and <em>Richard III<\/em>, Virgil\u2019s <em>\u00c6neid\u00a0<\/em>and Scarron&#8217;s <em>Le Virgile Travesti<\/em>.<\/p><\/h3><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Musical direction and arrangements<\/em>, <strong>Louis-No\u00ebl Bestion de Camboulas<\/strong> \/ <em>Stage direction, set design and costumes,<\/em> <strong>Pierre Lebon<\/strong> \/ <em>Choregraphy<\/em>, <strong>Iris Florentiny<\/strong> \/ <em>Light creation,<\/em> <strong>Bertrand Killy<\/strong> \/ <em>General direction<\/em>, <strong>Juliette Guignard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Blandine de Sansal*<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Dido <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Grace Durham*<\/strong>, \u00c6<em>neas <\/em>\/ <strong>Clara Penalva*<\/strong>, <em>Belinda, The Spirit <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Louise Bourgeat*<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>2nd Woman, 1st Witch <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Eug\u00e9nie Lefebvre*<\/strong>, <em>The Sorceress <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Juliette Gauthier*<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>2nd Witch, sailor <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Pierre Lebon<\/strong>, <em>actor and dancer<\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Iris Florentiny<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>dancer <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Aur\u00e9lien Bednarek<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>dancer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*Winners of the 28th Clermont-Ferrand International Singing Competition<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ana\u00eblle Blanc-Verdin et Gabriel Grosbard<\/strong>, v<em>iolins <\/em>\/\u00a0<strong>Charlotte Gerbiz<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>viola<\/em> \/ <strong>Matthieu Bertaud<\/strong>, <em>flutes and oboe<\/em> \/ <strong>Xavier Miquel<\/strong>, <em>oboe and flutes<\/em> \/ <strong>Lucile Tessier<\/strong>,<em> bassoon and flutes<\/em> \/ <strong>Juliette Guignard<\/strong>, <em>viola da gamba<\/em>\u00a0\/<strong> Damien Pouvreau<\/strong>, <em>theorbo and guitar<\/em> \/ <strong>Louis-Noe\u0308l Bestion de Camboulas<\/strong>, <em>harpsichord<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bertrand<\/strong> <strong>Killy<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>general management<\/em>\u00a0\/\u00a0<strong>Arthur Tourene<\/strong>, <em>stage management<\/em><\/p><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>We wanted to give this Dido and Aeneas a particular direction by choosing an exclusively female vocal cast. This is a nod to the origins of this work, which was performed in Purcell&#8217;s day at a girls&#8217; school. This choice was also motivated by the vocal and theatrical excellence of the candidates who took part in the Clermont competition.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-400x267.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[b2359ff6c355dbc0ea7]\" data-title=\"\u00a9Yann CABELLO (17)\" title=\"\u00a9Yann CABELLO (17)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-400x267.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-6199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.les-surprises.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/\u00a9Yann-CABELLO-17-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><div class=\"gmail-column\">\n<p>Dido and Aeneas was staged in the style of English \u201cmasques,\u201d performances combining music, theater, dance, and mechanical effects that were all the rage with London audiences in the second half of the XVIIth century. Henry Purcell&#8217;s music will be accompanied by spoken texts taken from Virgil&#8217;s Aeneid and Shakespeare&#8217;s Richard III, Macbeth, and The Tempest. The latter is a master of fantastical plots, using language as the gods play with the fate of men. A prologue and interludes are thus recreated in the form of scenes with spoken texts, arias, choruses, and dances, blending the arts into a total spectacle. All the artists on stage, in a true spirit of ensemble, participate in the same gesture, taking turns as singer-actor, ensemble singer, actor, and dancer. The sea is the main character, within which human emotions struggle grotesquely and magnificently. It is at once the music, the movement, and the setting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Set and costumes construction : Op\u00e9ra de Limoges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Co-producers : Clermont-Auvergne Op\u00e9ra, Fondation Royaumont, Op\u00e9ra de Limoges, Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing, Office Artistique de la R\u00e9gion Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fondation Orange, Adami, CNM and Spedidam<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 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