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Helene's avatar

Here’s arguably the finest moment, Dido’s lament… completely agree. The type of music that stops us in our tracks.

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Barry Havenhand's avatar

The Somerset Opera production of Dido and Aeneas in the Museum was one of the best things I've seen this year, not just the music but the imaginative use of an unusual performance space, and the mosaic

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Somerset Confidential's avatar

I can imagine- likewise the Ustinov stage at Bath was a great simple setting for an excellent performance (but without the D and A mosaic of course!)

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Susannah Hickling's avatar

I love Dido and Aeneas. Somerset Opera did a fabulous version of it in the Museum of Somerset back in the summer to tie in with the Roman mosaic.

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Somerset Confidential's avatar

Wish I'd seen that - sounds amazing and the mosaic is quite something too!

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Kit Chapman's avatar

Sublime. A beautiful beginning to the day - mitigating the advance of Storm Bert …

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Somerset Confidential's avatar

And by the sound of things it’ll take some mitigating!!

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