Henry Purcell’s one-act opera was reimagined as a mesmerising and intriguing plot-mirroring chess game. Combining 90 video cues of a complex chess match with historical gesture. Following the latest guidelines for COVID-proof staging, the production was an immersive 360° performance.

Conductor: Stefano Boccacci
Director: Fleur Snow
Chorus master: Ziwei Gao
Costume design: Emma Boomer

Cast

Dido: Marienella Phillips
Aeneas: Rhys Jones
Belinda: Rhiannon Morgan
Second Woman: Abi Fraser
Sorceress: Molly Beere
First Witch: Leila Saleh
Second Witch: Chloe Newman
Spirit: Esyllt Thomas
Sailor: Matthew Bawden