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Gianni Schicchi, which Puccini composed as the third in his trilogy of one act operas (with Suor Angelica and Il Tabarro) is his only true comedy, portraying human nature at its most selfish. Whether one accepts my premise or not, there is nonetheless much to appreciate and enjoy with this work - Purcell's only fully sung opera.

I proffer that their resentment has given birth to a plot to take down Dido in subtle ways - drugging her with ‘medicinal’ droughts and conjuring ancient methods of magic and the supernatural which ultimately, and quite successfully drive the story to its tragic end. I have set forth a premise that Dido has invited the Berber leadership (known in the opera as Sorceress and Witches) into her court at a high level, but not that of leadership. Dido cut a single ox hide into thin strips and laid them end-to-end around a hill, successfully claiming it for her people. Built from the legend that Dido fled her murderous brother in Lebanon and landed on the Northern coast of Africa, the Berber chieftain who controlled the region welcomed her and told her she could have as much land as an ox hide would cover. Though some purists will take issue with me, I have chosen to make a case for this relationship by inventing a reason for that hatred. In past productions, I have simply ignored the nagging question of just who this Sorceress is and why she and the Witches with her hate Dido so much. I have a special affinity for Dido and Aeneas for many reasons, but I confess to having always struggled with an aspect of the opera that, for me, is unexplained. And in both, we see how those passions clash, with utterly different outcomes. Dramatically, therefore, we easily see how human passions burn - whether in the desire for each other or for material things, for love or for duty. Musically, the two are certainly of vastly different styles, but both are masterful in their depiction of human experience and emotion.

The Purcell is based upon Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, and the Puccini text comes directly from an incident mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy.

At first glance, they may seem an odd combination for a double bill, but when one looks just under the surface, we first learn that both stories are, to some extent, allegorical. I have had a long relationship with both operas in tonight's production, having been involved with them on both sides of the footlights.

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