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La Follia begins its 2015-2016 season in spectacular fashion with a dramatized concert performance of Henry Purcell's operatic masterpiece Dido and Aeneas, with superstar Jennifer Lane in the role of Dido.

Saturday, September, 12, 2015, 8 PM at First Presbyterian Church
Sunday, September, 13, 2015, 4 PM at First Presbyterian Church

Pre-purchase tickets online at lafollia.org or at the door:
$30 general, $25 senior, $10 student.
Information at (512) 879-6404 and lafollia.org

Dido and Aeneas is arguably the first English opera and certainly one of the greatest - as notably acknowledged by Benjamin Britten, who knew a thing or two about English opera. Running only a little over an hour, it nonetheless packs an emotional wallop with nobility, destiny, passion, trickery, betrayal, and (of course) death set to the most beautiful music imaginable.

Joining Ms. Lane is a stellar cast featuring Brett Barnes as Aeneas, Meredith Ruduski as Belinda, Jenifer Thyssen as the second woman, Nick Zammit as the Spirit, and Jeffrey-Jones Ragona as the Sailor.  Add to that a Baroque chorus and the La Follia chamber orchestra, and you have the makings for an operatic feast.

Ticket Information: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2108699

Event Details

• Date: September, 12 | 8 PM  & Sunday, September, 13 | 4 PM 
• Time: 8 PM & 4 PM
• Venue: First Presbyterian Church
• Website: http://lafollia.org/purcells-dido-and-aeneas

Ticket Information

• Cost: $30 general, $25 senior, $10 student
• Phone: Pre-purchase tickets online at lafollia.org or at the door. (512) 879-6404.

Presenter Details

• Name: La Follia Austin Baroque

La Follia Austin Baroque celebrates its 33rd season as part of Austin's lively and diverse musical scene. We perform music from the 16th to 18th centuries: the time of Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart and Haydn. We perform this glorious music as these composers performed it, by using instruments and performance practices appropriate to that period. The result is a well blended, rich, spontaneous sound quite different than that produced by brighter modern instruments and 21st century performance practices. In the words of the Austin American- Statesman, La Follia is "Baroque done Right". We blend thorough scholarship with passion and sheer fun. Expect to be entertained, enlightened, and inspired!

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