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DIDO & AENEAS - OPERA QUEENSLAND / CIRCA 2024

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, QPAC BRISBANE

CONDUCTOR

Benjamin Bayl

 

DIRECTOR & STAGE DESIGN

Yaron Lifschitz

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Libby McDonnell

 

LIGHTING DESIGN

Matthew Marshall

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Rani Luther

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CIRCA ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Benjamin Knapton

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CHORUS MASTER

Narelle French

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CAST​

Dido - Anna Dowsley

Aeneas - Sebastian Maclaine

Belinda - Katie Stenzel

Second Lady - Emily Turner

First Witch - Hayley Sugars

Second Witch - Shikara Ringdahl

Spirit - Jessica Low

Sailor - Lachlann Lawton

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ENSEMBLE SOLOISTS

Katie Stenzel, Emily Turner, Hayley Sugars, Shikara Ringdahl, Jessica Low, Lachlann Lawton

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OPERA QUEENSLAND ENSEMBLE

Sean Andrews, Matthew Broadbent, Ryan Carlson, Adele King, Andrew Lange, Lachlann Lawton, Jessica Low, Jon Maskell, Elizabeth McBride, Shikara Ringdahl, Katie Rutledge, Katie Stenzel, Hayley Sugars, Emily Turner,  Connor Willmore, Jia-Peng Yeung.

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CIRCA ARTISTS

​Jessica Connell, Luke Pearce, Joshua Strachan, Adam Strom, Darby Sullivan, Chelsea Hall, Rowan Allinson, Charlotte Cayer, Rhiannon Cave-Walker, Jon Bonaventura​​

“Boasting a slick and sexy production design that relies largely on the judicious lighting of Matthew Marshall and chic costuming by Libby McDonnell, it’s not to be missed.”

Jansson J. Antmann, limelight-arts.com.au

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“Using a black-and-white colour palette with warm splashes of red and orange, Dido and Aeneas was filled with striking shadows and silhouettes. Lighting design by Matthew Marshall was a key part of the visual spectacle, making use of dramatic spotlights and shifting the parameters of the stage without props or sets, only curtains and scrims.”

backstreetbrisbane.com

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“Visually, Yaron Lifschitz’ stage design was stark yet elegant with an interplay of red, black and white colours shimmered to perfection by lighting designer Matthew Marshall.”

Gillian Wills, inreview.com.au

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