25 January 2014, 19.00-22.00
Solti Hall
Opera Exam Festival
Dido and Aeneas 
Presented by Liszt Academy
Cherubini Conservatory, Florence
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (transcription by Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst)
Dido: Elena Tereshchenko
Aeneas: Matteo Michi
Belinda: Stefanica Dorina Baitan
Second woman: Elmas Zeynep Mehmet
Sorceress: Antonia Fino
First witch: Clarissa Toti
Second witch: Isabella Messinese
Spirit: Adina Vilichi
First sailor: Edoardo Ballerini
Director and costume: Francesco Torrigiani
Featuring: String Orchestra and Choir of the Cherubini Conservatory
Playing the harpsichord and conductor: Umberto Cerini
One of the greatest (and shortest) works in the history of opera, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, was premiered at a school for girls in London in the 1680s. The tragic love story of the Trojan hero and the Queen of Carthage, the third production in the Opera Exam Festival organized by the Liszt Academy, is performed by students of the opera faculty of the Cherubini Conservatory, Florence.
Presented by
Liszt Academy Concert Centre
Tickets:
Free tickets for the concert can be obtained from the ticket office of the Liszt Academy.