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Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Music for The Fairy Queen
Jul 20, 2014: 2pm- 4pm
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
2980 Route 66 | Chatham , NY 12037 | 518-392-6121
http://www.ps21chatham.org/
A program of music by 17th century English composer Henry Purcell. The evening’s highlight is a semi-staged concert performance of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, a masterpiece of the Baroque age and first significant opera in English. The program also includes selections from Purcell’s incidental music for Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Co-presented with Concerts in the Village directed by David Smith.

