Purcell's Dido's Lament

Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play with expectations of genre in this remake of Coldplay's hit music video 'The Scientist', featuring OAE Rising Stars alumnus, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston singing Purcell’s tragic ‘When I am Laid’ from Dido and Aeneas. The result is a modern-day drama, recorded around London.

Cast & Crew

(Director), David Hinitt (SoundDesign), Helen Charlston (Mezzo-soprano)

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