* Dido and Aeneas at Indian Hill Music

Spring is here, along with great live music - from chamber to opera - including two special concerts featuring area choruses!

A TRAGIC LOVE STORY (ON STAGE)
The intense and spirited dramatic opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell comes to life on May 6 & 7 at Indian Hill through the collaborative efforts of the Westford Chorus, Acton Boxborough Dance Center, and Indian Hill Music. Westford Chorus music director and Indian Hill Music School faculty member James Barkovic (above) directs.

WHEN: Fri., May 6 & Sat., May 7 at 7:30pm
WHERE: Camilla Blackman Hall at Indian Hill Music School, 36 King St., Littleton
TICKETS: $20/adults $15/seniors & students
Available at the door or in advance through Westford Chorus.

A landmark in operatic history, Henry Purcell's music depicts the brief, but passionate love affair of Dido, the proud and young Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan war hero Aeneas. Their ultimate, tragic separation, climaxes with Dido's famous dying lament. Like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the story of Dido and Aeneas has become a "literary icon for the tragic lover."