Five-year saga comes to end as Purcell opera begins

Following five years of administrative dramas, the Lausanne Opera finally gets the go-ahead to enlarge and renovate the building that it was obliged to vacate for security reasons four years ago. As work begins at last, with completion due in October 2012, a spectacular production of Purcells signature Dido and Aeneas closes a successful opera season that took place entirely in alternative venues.