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HISTORIC PERFORMANCE A COMPLETE
SUCCESS
During April 17-20, 2008, Salisbury University made history
with it's first staged production of an opera. The
production was Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, which
tells of the Trojan refugee Aeneas who is shipwrecked in
Carthage and falls in love with Dido, its legendary Queen. When
Aeneas must leave for Rome, Dido can not live without him.
Students from the newly created Opera Workshop course made up
the cast which was led by Dr. T Paul Pfeiffer, Stage Director,
Prof. John Welsey Wright, Musical Director, and Mr. Rob Baker,
Orchestra Conductor.
Opera Cast:
Laurel Noone: Dido, Queen of Carthage
Robert Slangen: Aeneas, Warrior Prince of Troy
Lainey Prendeville: Belinda, Dido's Sister
Monica Harwood: Second Woman/Dido's Assistant
William Willis: The Sorcerer, Envious of Dido
Kelly Hays: First Witch
Rebecca Norris: Second Witch Allison Bewley: Spirit posing as Mercury
Brandan Pippens: First
Sailor
Courtiers,
Witches, Sailors and Wenches (Chorus)
from left to right: Brandan Pippens, Christie Stone,
Shanice Jones, Matthew Weaver, Rachel Hann
from left to right: William
Willis, Aubrey Maggio, Brittany Spicer, Allison Bewley
Nathan Anderson and Monica
Harwood
Calvin Robinson and Stacy Markle
Rebecca Norris and Korey
Cunningham
Kelly Hays (left) and Laurel Noone
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