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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dido (Victoria Mature) is the widowed Queen of Carthage, and her sister Belinda ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Joyce DiDonato again makes a magical pairing with Michael Spyres, as on John Nelson’s Les Troyens (12/17), although Didon and Énée are now Dido and Aeneas. It’s an exciting partnership and one with ...

Dido, founder and queen of Carthage, falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas and they conduct a passionate affair. Tricked into leaving Dido by an evil Sorceress, Aeneas prepares his fleet in secret ...

“Yes, it’s that kind of show,” shouted Bjarte Eike, artistic director of the early music group Barokksolistene, as he urged a hesitant audience to yell “hah!” on cue. The show in question was ...