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Nardus Williams

Women’s Stories from the Ancient World

with Elizabeth Kenny (lute) and Mary Beard (narrator)

Women’s Stories from the Ancient World
‘I never laid eyes on Aeneas…’: Women’s Stories From The Ancient World - an intriguing presentation compellingly curated by soprano Nardus Williams and “Britain's best-known classicist” Mary Beard.

A compelling Sunday-evening exploration of the theme of women’s voices in antiquity and their echoes in later culture in which Mary Beard’s captivating storytelling is interwoven with repertoire for voice and lute by Strozzi, Handel, Caccini, Purcell, and Blow.


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  • festival Britten Pears Arts
  • date Sun 25 August 2024
  • location Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
  • time 7:00pm
  • ticket £22, £17; under 30s half price

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‘I never laid eyes on Aeneas…’: Women’s Stories From The Ancient World - an intriguing presentation compellingly curated by soprano Nardus Williams and “Britain's best-known classicist” Mary Beard.

A compelling Sunday-evening exploration of the theme of women’s voices in antiquity and their echoes in later culture in which Mary Beard’s captivating storytelling is interwoven with repertoire for voice and lute by Strozzi, Handel, Caccini, Purcell, and Blow.

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Location

Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Snape Maltings, Saxmundham, IP17 1GJ

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