August 9th – 11th | Rory Musgrave with Opera Collective Ireland in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas and Blow’s Venus & Adonis in Rheinsberg
Opera Collective Ireland and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin present a double bill of Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Venus & Adonis by John Blow as part of the exciting Kammeroper Festival at Schloss Rheinsberg from 9-11 August 2024. Experience The War of Love in Baroque Opera - a beautiful semi-staging of two baroque jewels. Performing two of the most stunning early operas, the company joins forces with the world-renowned baroque orchestra Akamus, with whom they have previously performed The Return of Ulysses (Monteverdi) and Semele (Handel) as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival. The Irish early music vocal ensemble Resurgam will provide the wonderful choral music in both operas. To celebrate OCI’s 10th birthday, this semi-staged production, will showcase the best of new Irish operatic vocal talent and welcome back singers from across 10 years of Opera Collective Ireland productions. It will be directed by Tony award-winning director Patrick Mason, conducted by baroque specialist Christian Curnyn, with a design concept by Catherine Fay. The production will take place in the extraordinary 250-year-old theatre at Schloss Rheinsberg, Brandenberg, Germany. Sung in English with German subtitles.
