Review: Dido and Aeneas (Pinchgut Opera)
Henry Purcell’s pocket opera Dido and Aeneas is a work ripe for reconstruction.
Shamistha de Soysa is a Sydney-based arts writer, reviewer, pianist and choral singer whose work also appears in The Saturday Paper and Limelight Arts Travel. She sang with Sydney Philharmonia Symphony Chorus for 12 years and was a volunteer at Fine Music FM.
Henry Purcell’s pocket opera Dido and Aeneas is a work ripe for reconstruction.
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