Dido & Aeneas

November 08, 2008 @ 13:35 (4 years, 6 months ago) - filed under gigs

And now for something totally different… an opera!

A few months ago I was asked by local choir Kallíope to produce dance music for the opera Dido & Aeneas. I was very surprised and deeply honored to be asked to do this.

After some late, late night sessions and a lot of experimenting, I finished six dance pieces, inspired by Henry Purcell’s original music. Although this project was something very different from what I normally do (musically), I am very happy and proud with the results.

Tonight the choir, orchestra, dancers and me will do a live performance of the opera in our local theater,,,,.

As a bonus, I decided to offer my pieces as free downloads (320kbps MP3s):