Today's Beautiful Music features the incomparable Jessye Norman singing WHEN I AM LAID IN EARTH (aka Dido's Lament) From Henry Purcell's opera DIDO AND AENEAS. Search Query Show Search.

Shortly after 9/11, Jessye Norman was scheduled to sing Schubert’s solemn song cycle “Die Winterreisse” (Winter’s Journey) staged by Robert Wilson in Paris. She called the director first ...

Jessye Norman Was a Diva, in the Best Way. The great soprano, who died on Monday at 74, ... Cassandra and Dido (both in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” and Berlioz’s “Les Troyens”). ...

Shortly after 9 /11, Jessye Norman was scheduled to sing Schubert’s solemn song cycle “Die Winterreisse ” (Winter’s Journey) staged by Robert Wilson in Paris. She called the… ...

Transcript Writer OU College of Fine Arts and Dean Enrico stage the oldest English opera, "Dido and Aeneas," this weekend with flair and sensitivity to detail thanks to artistic director ...

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 ...

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.

The opera DIDO AND AENEAS may clock in under an hour, but this production by Bodhi Tree Concerts is a delightful evening spent at a theatre. Performances are only this weekend through Sunday ...

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

Dido and Aeneas is at Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 15 September. Photo Credit: Fraser Band. Click Here to Buy Tickets. Reader Reviews. To post a comment, you must register and login.