Aeneas is bound for Italy to found Rome, but has stopped in Carthage and finds himself unable to leave Dido. However, an antagonistic sorceress (for reasons the opera never adequately explains ...

The opera runs for two performances on Friday ... The Sorceress knows if she can trick Aeneas into sailing for Italy, Dido will die from heartbreak. Does Aeneas fall for it? And what will be ...

The opera was inspired by book IV of Virgil ... This false Mercury tells Aeneas he must leave Dido and sail for Italy, who parts from her and prepares to leave with his sailors.

As the opera opens, Dido, tortured by passion ... Aeneas to stop lingering in Carthage and set sail for Italy to fulfill his destiny. Aeneas is unhappy to be denied bliss with Dido, but ...

And yet what do we really know about this opera? Thirty years ago, I wrote a book about “Dido and Aeneas” — drawn from Virgil’s telling of the abandonment of Dido, the queen of Carthage ...

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.

Henry Purcells only true opera, Dido and Aeneas ... telling Aeneas he must leave Dido and journey on to Italy. Aeneas and his sailors prepare to set sail, to the delight of the witches, but ...

On Friday, May 5, I attended two performances both worlds and time apart, each wonderful in its own way. At Kleinhans Music Hall in the morning I heard the first of two BPO concerts with JoAnn ...

Get your togas ready, Tufts! "Dido and Aeneas," the Opera Ensemble's first full-length opera performance, will play tonight through Sunday in Distler Performance Hall. Two talented casts will sing the ...

Opera has always thrived on exaggeration, pushing boundaries and activating imaginations. The FIU Opera Theater’s production of “Dido and Aeneas” is no exception, as undergraduate mezzo-soprano Kali ...

Opera Dido and Aeneas by English pianist and composer Henry Purcell will be staged by HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) with support from Transposition Program from Norway at HCMC Opera ...

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 ...