English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas , based on Book IV of Roman poet Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, is all set to be ...

BENGALURU: A heroic Trojan prince is driven by storms to the shores of a kingdom governed by a beautiful queen. What ensues ...

Tributes have been paid to Patricia Johnson, a world-famous opera singer who was known for her dramatic voice and commanding stage presence ...

In this video, soprano Sophie Bevan sings 'Dido's Lament', an aria from the baroque opera 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Parcel (1687). Syllabic word setting is when a composer uses one note per ...

and it was under the restored king that theatre and opera exploded in London. Henry Purcell composed the masterpiece Dido and Aeneas (for a girls' school) and over the next century Handel, Gluck, J C ...

Imagine a family blessed with so much singing talent it could form its own opera company. The remarkable Fonoti-Fuimaono clan ...