Proms Aberdeen: ‘I never laid eyes on Aeneas …’ Women’s Stories from the Ancient World

Nardus Williams
soprano

Elizabeth Kenny
lute

Dame Mary Beard
presenter

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Reviewed: 1 September, 2024
Venue: Cowdray Hall Aberdeen

A sequence of songs and arias for voice and lute, devised by and featuring soprano Nardus Williams, classicist and historian Dame Mary Beard and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny. The performance also includes discussion on the themes of women’s voices in antiquity, and their echoes in later culture.

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