{"id":31828,"date":"2026-04-20T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deweydell.com\/?page_id=31828"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:16:56","slug":"dido-and-aeneas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deweydell.com\/en\/dido-and-aeneas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dido and Aeneas (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dido and Aeneas<\/span><\/h5>
An Electroacoustic Variation on Henry Purcell\u2019s Baroque Drama<\/h6><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
by Dewey Dell<\/b><\/h6>

2026<\/p>

concept and direction: Agata Castellucci, Teodora Castellucci, Vito Matera<\/strong><\/p>

with: Agata Castellucci, Teodora Castellucci, Alberto Galluzzi, Trevor Louw, Francesca Siracusa<\/strong><\/p>

original music: Demetrio Castellucci<\/strong><\/p>

choreography: Agata Castellucci, Teodora Castellucci<\/strong><\/p>

dramaturgy, light and set design: Vito Matera<\/strong><\/p>

costume design: Dewey Dell, Guoda Jaru\u0161evi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/strong><\/p>

soprano vocals: Benedetta Zanotto<\/strong><\/p>

set realization: Laboratorio scenografia Pesaro - Lidia Trecento<\/strong><\/p>

Organisation: Valeria F\u0103r\u00eem\u0103<\/strong><\/p>

production: Dewey Dell<\/strong><\/p>

co-production: CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia, FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts Festival, Teatro della Tosse Genova \/ Rassegna Resistere e Creare, Torinodanza Festival \/ Teatro Stabile di Torino \u2013 Teatro Nazionale, Teatro Alighieri \/ Fondazione Ravenna Manifestazioni<\/strong><\/p>

in collaboration with: AMAT e Civitanova Danza per RAM \u2013 Residenze Artistiche Marchigiane, progetto promosso da MiC e Regione Marche, Centrale Fies_centro di ricerca per le pratiche performative contemporanee<\/strong><\/p>

with the support of Teatro Stabile dell\u2019Umbria, Masque Teatro, Societas \/ Teatro Comandini<\/strong><\/p>

thanks to: Alessandro De Giovanni, Scott Wright, Emanuele Dattilo, Andrea Marcon<\/strong><\/p>

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duration: 60'<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A city is burning and the shimmering flames are reflected on the surface of the sea lapping against the shore. From where we stand the flares and waves blend together and the sky magnifies the light of the fire.<\/p>

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We collect the ashes and trace the stories of bodies swept up by streams of clouds and fire. We find a love story carved by the fury of the elements. We recognize the face of the exiled Queen of Carthage and the figure of the Trojan refugee Aeneas.<\/p>

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The direct confrontation with Henry Purcell\u2019s Baroque masterpiece \u201cDido and Aeneas\u201d - one of the finest and most luminous interpretations of the Latin tragedy - has inspired an electroacoustic recomposition of the entire score; the libretto\u2019s words, which evoke natural phenomena such as storms, clouds, and lava, nourish and sustain the work\u2019s choreography and stagecraft.<\/p>

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The sky and the human body are the same entity.
Every cataclysm holds within itself a serene raw power, and the potential to tear apart, overthrow, and radically transform everything.<\/p><\/div>

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Ph. by Pier Paolo Zimmermann<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dates:<\/strong><\/p>

03-04\/10\/2026<\/span> FOG festival \/ Triennale Teatro \u2013 MILAN (IT) avant premiere<\/strong><\/p>

07\/10\/2026<\/span> Torinodanza festival \u2013 TURIN (IT) premiere<\/strong><\/p>

23\/10\/2026<\/span> Teatro Stabile dell\u2019Umbria \u2013 PERUGIA (IT)<\/p>

31\/10\/2026<\/span> Teatro della Tosse \/ Rassegna Resistere e Creare \u2013 GENOVA (IT)<\/p>

01\/11\/2026<\/span> Teatro della Tosse \/ Rassegna Resistere e Creare \u2013 GENOVA (IT)<\/p>

04\/11\/2026<\/span> Citt\u00e0 delle 100 Scale festival \u2013 POTENZA (IT)<\/p>

28\/11\/2026<\/span> CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia \u2013 UDINE (IT)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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