Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” is one of the most beloved operas in the repertoire. Divas flock to the title role; Dido’s final “Lament” is a showstopper.

Of the double bill taking the stage at L.A. Opera this weekend composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, the Greco-Roman myth about the son of Venus’ tragic love affair, represents one of opera ...

The North American premiere of Heiner Goebbels’s deconstructed portrait of the past 120 years; a stripped-down Purcell work performed in a cemetery’s catacombs.

For a short opera, “Dido and Aeneas” packs a mighty punch. It’s hard to overstate the significance of Purcell’s poignant 17th century masterwork — or its lingering impact on music today.

Aeneas is the perfect guy — strong yet gentle, protective and attentive, not to mention good-looking. He’s also a Trojan hero. Maybe he’s too perfect, which is reason enough for Dido’s ...

“Dido and Aeneas” is the only opera by 17th century British composer Henry Purcell. The score is long on stately melody and high-minded concepts.

Dido, of course, rejects Aeneas because he intially succumbs to Fate's dictum that he leave her, but such conviction can emerge easily as prissiness, and its ruler, destiny, as mere farce.

"Dido and Aeneas" is Purcell's only true opera, and one of the earliest known English operas. It tells the story of doomed love and devotion to duty.

Baroque opera is a rarity in South Florida, but Palm Beach Opera is enthusiastically digging into this repertory Saturday for the first event of its 60th anniversary season. English opera is even ...

L-R Cassidy Dixon, Caire Tendl, Brandon Mecklenburg were Belinda, Dido, Aeneas. I’ll admit what I really wanted to hear was the “Baroque” orchestra and they were spot on.