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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 7: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Performance Date19 July 2022
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time22:15
Main PerformersAlice Coote (Dido),
James Newby (Aeneas),
Gemma Summerfield (Belinda),
Madeleine Shaw (Sorceress),
Nardus Williams (Second Woman),
Nicky Spence (Sailor),
Tim Mead (Spirit) - cast

David Bates - harpsichord
Orchestra or BandLa Nuova Musica
ChoirsLa Nuova Musica Choir
ConductorsDavid Bates
Set List'Dido and Aeneas,' Purcell
Performance NotesAbandoned by her lover, Dido must choose between death or a life without love. Her painful decision is powerfully dramatised in some of the most emotive music of the Baroque period, including Dido’s famous lament, When I am laid in earth.

Period-instrument ensemble La Nuova Musica makes its Proms debut under Artistic Director David Bates, who made his own Proms debut last year conducting Mozart’s Requiem. They are joined by an exciting cast led by mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and former Kathleen Ferrier Prize-winner James Newby in the title roles.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26),
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/33),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£7.12-£
URLhttps://rah.chorus.thirdlight.com/link/opjxnjoctk0v-837fzl
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2022/33BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season - Prom 7: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas 19 July 2022
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12629BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2022 - One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Season69
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/23503Bates; David; English conductor
DS/UK/1007Coote; Alice (1968-); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/21707Newby; James (1993-); British baritone
DS/UK/23836Summerfield; Gemma (fl.2010s); British soprano singer
DS/UK/7033Shaw; Madeleine (fl 2013-); British mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/23497Williams; Nardus; British soprano singer
DS/UK/10083Spence; Nicky (1983); Scottish tenor
DS/UK/5469Mead; Tim (1981-); English countertenor
DS/UK/23837La Nuova Musica (2007-present)
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