Dido and Aeneas/Acis and Galatea - 2009

Dido and Aeneas
Opera in three acts

Music: Henry Purcell
Libretto: Nahum Tate

Acis and Galatea
Pastoral opera in one act

Music: George Frideric Handel
Libretto: John Gay

Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Director and Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
Assistant Director and Choreographer: Laila Diallo
Set designs (Dido and Aeneas) and Designs (Acis and Galatea): Hildegard Bechtler
Costume designs (Dido and Aeneas): Fotini Dimou
Lighting design: Lucy Carter
Video animation (Dido and Aeneas): Mark Hatchard of HotBox Studios

Dancers of The Royal Ballet

The Royal Opera Extra Chorus
Chorus Director: Renato Balsadonna

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Leader: Kati Debretzeni

Date of premiere: Tuesday 31 March 2009, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London