Dido and Aeneas, and opera in three acts by Henry Purcell with text by Nahum Tate, is headed to Theater Basel. Learn more about this upcoming show and how to get tickets here!

Like many love stories, the saga of Dido and Aeneas is complex – and tragic. Rooted in classical mythology, referencing two epics (a minor character in Homer’s Iliad, Aeneas plays protagonist ...

Impressed by the spectacle, Arai invited Ong to stage “Dido and Aeneas” in Japan. The show will be performed on Dec. 5, 6 and 7 as part of YPAM 2024, which runs until Dec. 15.

Company regular Coleen Nicoll got the tale off to a confident start as Dido’s handmaiden Belinda and Douglas himself sings the Sailor, whose brief, lighter tenor aria used the whole space, and ...

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 ...

This was published 10 months ago Sublime, erotic, dangerous: Dido and Aeneas is 80 minutes of baroque astonishment Nick Dent July 12, 2024 — 8.00pm Normal text size Larger text size Very large ...

Opera Queensland and Circa perform Dido and Aeneas. To that end he has Dowsley appear not only as Dido but also as the creepy Sorceress who orchestrates Dido’s demise.

Directed by Guido Martin Brandis and with Musical Direction by Noah Mosely, Somerset Opera will be performing Purcell’s 17th-century Dido and Aeneas, next to the 4th-century Low Ham mosaic, in ...

Jerusalem Post / J-Spot Great minds against themselves: Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas' returns to the stage Originally performed in an all-girls school in London, the opera could be seen as an ...

Playwright, screenwriter, and actress Kate Mulvany has been commissioned with the task of writing the lost prologue for the first true English opera, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. She joins Andy on ...