WEST PALM BEACH — The milestone 60th anniversary season of the Palm Beach Opera opened Saturday night with a performance of Henry Purcell’s "Dido and Aeneas," presented by a cast assembled from the ...
Baroque opera is a rarity in South Florida, but Palm Beach Opera is enthusiastically digging into this repertory Saturday for the first event of its 60th anniversary season. English opera is even ...
Aeneas is the perfect guy — strong yet gentle, protective and attentive, not to mention good-looking. He’s also a Trojan hero. Maybe he’s too perfect, which is reason enough for Dido’s mistrust. For ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
“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 ...