a position she takes seriously in LSU Opera’s production of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” The opera runs for two performances on Friday and Sunday in LSU’s Claude L. Shaver Theatre.

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.

As the opera opens, Dido, tortured by passion, is assured by her confidante Belinda that Aeneas does return her affection. And indeed, he confesses his love for her when next he enters.

A question gurgling near the surface of every opera production ... of Dido that's performed is only a very educated guess about the work as premiered in the 1680s.) Dido and Aeneas is a great ...

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 ...

I was pleasantly surprised by the absolute delight and admiration I felt while watching the Scots Opera Project perform their award-winning reinvention of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

Westminster University's Opera Studio announced the opening of Dido and Aeneas on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m,. with a following show on Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m. Both performances will be ...

1688 opera “Dido and Aeneas.” “This Purcell guy, he was a man of the theater,” explained Douglas Anderson, the company’s artistic director. “It moves, it’s clean and clear, it’s dramatic,” he said.

The mezzo-soprano Alice Coote took the role of Dido, moving back ... to be England’s first opera. As Dido’s sister Belinda (played with lucidity and empathy by Gemma Summerfield) encouraged her to be ...

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.