With support from King’s Cultural Institute, in November 2016 Helios Collective and King’s College London’s Music Department co-presented a series of reimagined readings of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas as Dido and Belinda.
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Dido and Belinda
To bring radically new meaning to a play is a virtue. To bring radically new meaning to a musical score is sacrilege. But why? Why shouldn’t musicians be as creative and interpretative as actors?
Dido and Belinda – Meet The Creative Team
Here’s your chance to meet the creative team being Dido and Belinda.
Dido and Belinda – Camilla Bull On Creating Dido
In this interview, mezzo-soprano Camilla Bull talks about becoming Dido in Helios Collective’s production of Dido and Belinda.
Dido and Belinda – Design Progress
Lighting Designer for Dido and Belinda, Robert Youngson, is busy working on building a rig in The Great Hall of King’s College London for this specific production to create a unique dramatic statement.
Dido and Belinda – Daniel Leech-Wilkinson On Classical Music As Theatre
A theatre director looks at an opera and asks how can this text tell us something about ourselves? Musicians look at it and ask what does the composer want?