Henry Purcell’s Baroque tragedy opens Opera Lafayette’s season under new artistic director Patrick Dupre Quigley.

Aeneas is the perfect guy — strong yet gentle, protective and attentive, not to mention good-looking. He’s also a Trojan hero. Maybe he’s too perfect, which is reason enough for Dido’s mistrust. For ...

Henry Purcells only true opera, Dido and Aeneas, is based on Book IV of Virgils epic poem, Aeneid. The first performance took place at Josias Priests Boarding School for Girls in 1689, where all the ...

OU College of Fine Arts and Dean Enrico stage the oldest English opera, "Dido and Aeneas," this weekend with flair and sensitivity to detail thanks to artistic director Jonathan Shames, stage director ...

Baroque opera is a rarity in South Florida, but Palm Beach Opera is enthusiastically digging into this repertory Saturday for the first event of its 60th anniversary season. English opera is even ...

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. With a ...

Opera has always thrived on exaggeration, pushing boundaries and activating imaginations. The FIU Opera Theater’s production of “Dido and Aeneas” is no exception, as undergraduate mezzo-soprano Kali ...

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 ...

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Sarasota Opera’s production of “Dido and Aeneas,” which opened Sunday, is one to relish as it lingers in your memory. Baroque opera in live performance is rare these days, and one presented with such ...

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’s ...