Dido & Aeneas

13 – 29 March 2025

In the Joan Sutherland Theatre

Opera Australia

Opera

Exhilarating acrobatics meet stunning voices in this thrilling new production of a timeless love story.

A new benchmark for opera production in Australia.

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A passionate love story. A hero bound by fate. A lover left behind.

Dido and Aeneas is a love story for the ages. Combining exhilarating acrobatics and extraordinary music, this production is an opera for today.

Aeneas is a hero caught between his destiny and desire. Dido is the woman he must leave behind. For these star-crossed lovers, fate and romance are on a collision course.

Purcell’s early opera gave the world one of the most poignant scores ever written, and laid the foundation for every opera that came after.

Now, experience the power of Dido & Aeneas in a new production featuring jaw-dropping physical stunts from Circa’s talented ensemble alongside stunning voices, including homegrown opera stars Anna Dowsley and Nicholas Jones.

Presented by Opera Australia

Artist information

Conductor  Erin Helyard (March 13, 15, 22, 25, 29), Chad Kelly (March 18, 20)
Director & Stage Designer  Yaron Lifschitz
Costume Designer   Libby McDonnell
Lighting Designer  Matthew Marshall
 

Dido/Sorceress  Anna Dowsley
Aeneas  Nicholas Jones
Belinda  Jane Ede

Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus
Circa Ensemble

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