Henry Purcell Dido & Aneas

The Stift Festival starts on Sunday 18 August with a full day of music at the Twickel estate in Delden. The day ends at 8 p.m. with Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas.

Victoire Bunel - mezzo soprano as Dido

Romain Dayez - baritone as Aeneas

Agathe Peyrat - soprano as Belinda and first witch

Juliette Vialle - soprano as 2nd woman and 2nd witch

Consensus Vocalis Choir - Spirit and sailor

Mark Tatlow - harpsichord and conductor

Maja Horvat - violin

Asia Jimenez - violin

Zea Hunt - violin

Joel Waterman - viola

Simone van der Giessen - viola

Thomas Carroll - cello,

Juliet Wolff - cello

Zoran Markovic - double bass

Alberto Mesirceaorbe - sitar