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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. Schools and colleges worldwide perform it; early ...

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“It’s a great first opera,” Patrick Dupre Quigley says of Dido and Aeneas, currently in the midst of its Opera Lafayette debut. “And it’s an opera that has survived in reasonably constant performance ...

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 ...

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

It’s no small part of the great achievement of Purcell’s score that it takes Tate’s frankly mediocre poetry and through harmonic and rhythmic innovation transforms the base metal of his words into the ...

A question gurgling near the surface of every opera production is how much the director will trust the music to tell the story. Unfortunately, rather than letting soprano Krista River and artistic ...

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 ...

Juilliard415 and singers from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts visit Opera Holland Park as part of their European Tour. In June, Juilliard415 and singers from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute ...

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. With a ...