Watch Purcell, Dido and Aeneas - Lucy Crowe, Sarah Connolly - Covent Garden 2009

Dido and AEneas is Purcell's best loved and most frequently performed work today. In this production by Wayne McGregor, the story based on Virgil's Aeneid breathes new life thanks to the movements on stage and the settings. Dido (Sarah Connolly), Queen of Carthage, is in love with AEneas (Lucas Meachem), who has sought refuge at her court following the burning of Troy at the end of the Trojan War...