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.

Advocate staff photo by HEATHER MCCLELLAND -- Dido, played by Chelsey Getting, has a dramatic suicide scene, creatively conveyed with fabric and color, in LSU Opera's production, 'Dido and Aeneas.' ...

LA Opera's production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, two riveting stagings of two disparate operas written more than two centuries apart that come ...

The opera will be performed outdoors Dec. 11 at the Norton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. ... Palm Beach Opera opens 60th season with Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' Daily News Staff.

The University of Arizona School of Music Opera Theater will perform the chamber opera “Dido and Aeneas” on Nov. 16-19 at Crowder Hall. The opera tells the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas ...

"Dido and Aeneas", based on a story from Virgil's "Aeneid," tells the tale of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and her star-crossed Trojan lover Aeneas. First performed in the late 1600s, the one-hour work is ...

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.

The FIU Opera Theater’s production of “Dido and Aeneas” is no exception, as undergraduate mezzo-soprano Kali Fong steps into the boots of Aeneas, a character historically reserved for male singers. In ...

The Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas, composed by Henry Purcell with lyrics by Nahum Tate, is returning in a new psychological production of the Bertini Choir directed by Iris Goren.

On Friday evening I went to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo at 695 Elmwood Avenue for a magical semi-staged production of the opera DIDO AND AENEAS.

General Director Placido Domingo announced updated casting details for LA Opera's production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Bela Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle, two riveting stagings of two ...