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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.
The opera will be performed outdoors Dec. 11 at the Norton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. ... Palm Beach Opera opens 60th season with Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' Daily News Staff.
Sarasota Opera’s revised season comes to a close with an intimate production of Henry Purcell’s rarely seen Baroque opera based on ... “Dido and Aeneas” is the only opera by 17th century ...
Composed for a girl’s boarding school in 1689 (or possibly 1687), “Dido and Aeneas,” Henry Purcell’s only true three-act opera, is one of the great masterpieces of English music ...
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 ...
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 ...
Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas will be performed on Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.m. Alma Hall, 1 Yair Street, Zichron Ya’acov; on Monday, June 24, and Wednesday, June 26, at 8 p.m., at Recanati ...
Of the double bill taking the stage at L.A. Opera this weekend composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, the Greco-Roman myth about the son of Venus’ tragic love affair, represents one of opera ...
Somerset Opera's production of Dido and Aeneas at the Museum of Somerset | Photo credit: Edward J Felton First up, this was performed on a sort of catwalk (audience either side) in the narrowish main ...
On Saturday, May 4, 7:00 PM at St. Mary's Abbey of Morristown, a musical merger between the Somerset Hills Chorus of Music in the Somerset Hills (MISH) and the Trenton-based LOTUS Chorale is bound ...
In 1986, Opera Atelier made its debut in the Royal Ontario Museum Theatre with Canada’s first staged production of Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas. Little did we know how ...