The group, featuring guitarist Craig Ogden ... will focus on Henry Purcell, with Sir Nicholas Kenyon exploring the legacy of the baroque composer in a talk on October 3. Vocal ensemble I Fagiolini ...

For the first time in its 15-year history, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival presents two full opera productions: Henry Purcell‘s Dido and Aeneas (Tuesday, May 27th, and Thursday, May 29th, ...

By Edward Wong Edward Wong covers U.S. foreign policy and is the author of a new book on China. He reported this article from Washington and from a trip in the Western Hemisphere with Secretary of ...

The Blackwater Valley Opera Festival (BVOF) returns this week, presenting two operas for the first time — A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Dido and Aeneas. Celebrating its 15th anniversary year ...

Dido and Aeneas, which takes place in Carthage in North Africa. South African composers, meanwhile, have created several operas about Nelson Mandela and one about Winnie Mandela, the precedent ...

Camerata Bern is joined by soprano Anna Prohaska and bassoonist Sergio Azzolini in works by Purcell, Rameau and Britten. Jonathan Swain presents. Show more Camerata Bern is joined by soprano Anna ...

The daughter of Isaac Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, Winnaretta Singer was a wealthy American-born heiress, arts patron, and influential cultural figure in Paris. Though sacred ...

Kate Middleton and Prince William were in Scotstoun today to attend the naming ceremony of the Royal Navy's newest warship HMS Glasgow and smash the whiskey bottle off the hull which is believed ...

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