DIDo & Aeneas: the puppet version
Opera by Henry Purcell
Puppet Opera conceived by Kris Fleerackers
OPERA BY HENRY PURCELL | PUPPET OPERA CONCEIVED BY KRIS FLEERACKERS
ORPHEUM ANNEX | THE POSTMODERN CAMERATA | 2017
While the six instrumentalists (five strings plus harpsichord) and six voices from the Postmodern Camerata, led by guest musical director Dr Charles Barber (Artistic Director of City Opera Vancouver), present the music in all its baroque splendour, three puppeteers and thirty puppets (the latter ranging in size from six inches to six feet) bring to life the characters in this timeless tale of love gone wrong: a queen desperate for a new chance at joy, a hero washed up on a foreign shore but under direction of the Gods, a sorceress and two evil witches, some very fickle sailors, and a blooded wild beast…
Directed by Kris Fleerackers
Puppet Design by Kris Fleerackers
Puppet Construction by Kris Fleerackers
Masks and Dolls by Jacqueline Tryāček
Puppeteered by Kris Fleerackers, Mika Laulainen, Jacqueline Tryāček
Conductor: Charles Barber
Singers: Melissa Howell, Alexandra Hill, Andrew Greenwood, Orla Brundrett, Fabiana Katz and CD Saint
Orchestra: Sarah Ho, Ji In Kim, Thomas Beckman, Brian Mix, Megan Bradfield
Harpsichord: Nicole Linaksita
