Dido and Aeneas: Spoleto Festival
Sat, May 30
|Sottile Theatre
Spoleto Festival USA presents Opera Queensland’s production of Dido and Aeneas in association with Circa. Patrick Dupré Quigley, Conductor Spoleto Festival USA Chorus and Orchestra
Time and Location
May 30, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:50 PM
Sottile Theatre, 44 George St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
About the event
Spoleto Festival USA presents Opera Queensland’s production of Dido and Aeneas in association with Circa.
Patrick Dupré Quigley, Conductor
Spoleto Festival USA Chorus and Orchestra
Heart-stopping acrobatics and Henry Purcell’s masterful score for Dido and Aeneas—rich, haunting, and unforgettable—soar to new heights in a visionary collaboration with the internationally acclaimed physical theater ensemble Circa. This is opera transformed: soaring voices, awe-inspiring physical artistry, and striking design collide in a riot of color, motion, and sound.
A passionate love story. A hero bound by fate. A lover left behind. Dido and Aeneas is a love story for the ages. 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. Combining exhilarating acrobatics and extraordinary music, this production is an opera for today.
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