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Opera in Paradiso: Dido and Aeneas

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Opera in Paradiso: Dido and Aeneas

The opera Dido and Aeneas can be seen in Paradiso on Saturday 2 July. This short opera - it only lasts an hour! - is set in Carthage in North Africa where Aeneas is shipwrecked and steals the heart of Queen Dido. In his masterpiece, composer Henry Purcell knows how to express the unbearable contradictions of human suffering.