An opera by Francesco Cavalli, set to a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello. The opera was first performed at Venice’s Teatro San Cassiano during 1640.
Production:
Stage Director: Toni Dorfman
Music Director: Grant Herreid
Scenic Designer: Scott Neale
Costume Designer: Valerie M. Webster
Lighting Designer: Steve Carmichael
Production Manager: Jes Mack
Technical Director: Bradon Fuller
Stage Manager: Shayna O’Neill
Assistant Stage Manager: Emma Clarkson
Properties Master: Patrica Escandon
Fight Coordinator: Michael Rossmy
Movement Consultant: Emily Coates
Cast:
Dido: Ariadne Lih
Aeneas: Jared Andrew Michaud
Iarbas: Paul J. Steffan
Anna: Rachel Kaufman
Cassandra/Damsel: Tara Venkatesan
Creusa/Damsel: Shoshana Davidoff-Gore
Melanippe/Minerva: Abigail Sneider
Venus/Damsel: Courtney Sanders
Pyrrhus/Achates: Jack Lindberg
Coroebus/Nuncio: Raphael Laden-Guindon
Ascanius/Cupid: Saloni Rao
Fortune: Isabella Pazaryna
