Dido & Aeneas and Acis & Galatea both explore the perils of love. In Purcell's Dido a queen drops her regal guard to fall for a great warrior, while in Handel's lively masque the love between a shepherd and a nymph leads to a magical transformation.
Cast: by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel, dir Patrick Nolan, con Anthony Walker, with Taryn Fiebig, Yvonne Kenny, Teresa La Rocca, Amy Wilkinson, Kanen Breen, Luke Gabbedy, Taryn Flebig, Henry Choo, and Shane Lowrencev.