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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 7. April 9 1979

Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

Purcell's opera, Dido and Aeneas, will be performed during the first two days of the festival. This in itself is a significant event in that opera is very rarely performed in this country, and it is the policy of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council to actively encourage the re-establishment of opera in New Zealand. The opera has attracted the interest of Radio New Zealand, and there is a possibility that it will be recorded for radio broadcast.

The production will be of a very high standard, and it is hoped that former principles of the New Zealand Opera performing.

The opera is an expensive undertaking requiring large numbers of professional performers and involves high technical costs. This is the first time that an opera of this size has been performed on any New Zealand campus.

For further information contact:

The Festival Director, C/- University of (Canterbury Students' Association, Private Bag, Ilam, Christchurch. Or Patrick O'Dea, Campus Organiser, Victoria University.