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. Schools and colleges worldwide ...

The Baroque opera Dido and Aeneas, composed by Henry Purcell with lyrics by Nahum Tate, is returning in a new psychological production of the Bertini Choir directed by Iris Goren. Loosely based on ...

Opera Queensland and Circa perform Dido and Aeneas. To that end he has Dowsley ... aphorisms, affirmations, song lyrics and so on interspersed with words from Dido’s Lament.

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

For Professor of Musicology Robert Shay, the many mysteries of “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell (1659-95) are too important to ignore. That said, he feels confident that his critical edition of the ...

She suggests that maybe Dido and Carthage would be happier with Trojan warrior Aeneas ( Evan White) by her side. Aeneas comes to court and at first, is rebuffed by Dido but eventually, she warms ...

Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas is devilishly tricky to stage and directors struggle with its mix of spectacle, song and classical mythology. The work’s incompleteness and uncertainty of form often lead to ...

The evening kicks off with prologue poem, "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath - "I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead" ­- a nod to Dido, Queen of Carthage's love for Aeneas, the Trojan ...