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UGOS: Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas"

Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre

UGOS: Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas"
Free - Ticket Required
In-Person Event
Open to the Public
UGOS: Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas"
Artwork by Aislin Alancheril

Welcome to the Undergraduate Opera Studio’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.  This is a time defying drama that has been performed in opera houses both big and small.  I always look forward to presenting this work and hope that you fall in love with it as I have.  The students always bring something special to this story of the ill fated love between Dido and Aeneas.  The confrontation between them near the end of the opera is one of the most dramatic such confrontations found in any opera of any time.  I pray thee, enjoy!!   -- Michael Meraw

This production will be staged on two nights: March 28 and March 29.

Artist(s)

Dido - Daniela Pyne
Belinda - Yumeng Xing
Second Woman - Rachel Solyn
Sorceress - Yoomin Kang
1st Witch - Jialin Han
2nd Witch - Nancy Schoen
Aeneas - McLain Weaver
Sailor - Valentine Umeh
Spirit - Baian Chen

Stage Director - Steven Goldstein
Music Director - Justin Williams
​​​​​​​Artistic Director - Michael Meraw
Rehearsal Pianist, harpsichord - Ga-Young Park
Cello - Jonathan Fuller


Chorus - Molly Knight, Aislin Alancheril, Nancy Schoen, Yoomin Kang, Emelia Boydstun-Torres, Valentine Umeh, Xingyan Chen, Yerim Colin, and McLain Weaver

The Undergraduate Opera Studio