What a wonderful way to beat the heat by spending the afternoon listening and watching great opera on PBS! This new production is stellar and will keep you mesmerized. The fun begins at noon on PBS (check local listings) and at 12:30 on THIRTEEN. Even if you're not an opera aficionado you're sure to enjoy.
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a rare revival of Berlioz’ five-act epic, based on Virgil’s Aeneid. Bryan Hymel stars as Aeneas, the Trojan hero whose adventures take him from the fall of Troy to the shores of the North African kingdom of Carthage. Deborah Voigt sings Cassandra, the Trojan prophetess who tries to warn her countrymen of the dangers about to befall them, and Susan Graham makes her Met role debut as Dido, the Carthaginian queen who gives her heart to Aeneas, with disastrous consequences, in Francesca Zambello’s critically acclaimed production. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato hosts.
Sandi Berg is also a freelance journalist and writes about television for several magazines including Written By (Writer's Guild of America), Life After 50 and Whole Life Times Magazine.