High tragedy, low comedy, mock sorcery — all flowed from Purcell’s pen with a prodigal ... though Rachael Lloyd’s dignified Dido and Elin Manahan Thomas’s bright Belinda are well contrasted.

Live at the BBC Proms: La Nuova Musica and director David Bates are joined by mezzo soprano Alice Coote and baritone James Newby for Purcell's Dido And Aeneas. Abandoned by her lover, Dido must ...

Written by Henry Purcell with Libretto by Nahum Tate DIDO AND AENEAS the show is filled with music, love, magic, and tragedy all told in 55 minutes -what more could you want in an evening?

There was real human substance to characters who can feel one-dimensional: Bethan Terry’s sparky Belinda, nudging moody Dido (Leila Zanette) towards what she wants, and a rare Aeneas (Kieran Rayner) ...

Dover Choral Society present a concert of Purcell's Dido and Æneas and Haste Charon, Haste by Charles King. The concert begins with a short historical background talk on both pieces by Dr Williams.

Not so the one surviving opera by baroque English composer Henry Purcell; it usually comes in at under an hour, and is no less beloved for it. Dido and Aeneas, thought to have been composed around ...

The ancient story. Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, first performed in 1689, is inspired by Virgil’s account of the myth which follows the burgeoning love of Aeneas, a Trojan prince, and the Queen of ...