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The first performance of Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas," will be given this evening at 8.15 in the Agassiz Theatre by members of the Radcliffe Choral Society and the University Glee Club. Two other performances will be given, the second tomorrow afternoon at 2.15, and the last the same evening at 8.15. The cast, consisting of ten major female parts and three male, besides an attendant chorus of witches, sailors, and echoes, has been rehearsing almost every day for several weeks under the leadership of Dr. Archibald T. Davison '06, of the Department of Music, and Organist and Director of the Appleton Choir. Included in the opera, which deals with the adventures of Aeneas in the city of the Tyrian queen, and of Dido's fate, are several impressive dances, given by members of the Radcliffe chorus.
The names and roles of the singers in the cast are as follows: Men's Chorus of Attendant Sailors: Tenors--R. N. Johnson '22, R. E. Stevens '23, O. G. Peterson '21. Basses--R. P. Cutler '22, L. R. Ring '22, D. V. Widder '20, F. S. Willett 1GB, N. W. Wood '22.
Men's Chorus of Attendant Sailors:
Tenors--R. N. Johnson '22, R. E. Stevens '23, O. G. Peterson '21.
Basses--R. P. Cutler '22, L. R. Ring '22, D. V. Widder '20, F. S. Willett 1GB, N. W. Wood '22.
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