Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dido (Victoria Mature) is the widowed Queen of Carthage, and her sister Belinda ...

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 ...

Performers onstage at the Longy School of Music for the filming of "Dido and Aeneas." (Courtesy Boston Camerata) Composed for a girl’s boarding school in 1689 (or possibly 1687), “Dido and Aeneas,” ...

Semi-staged opera lives in a half-world — part orchestral concert, part dramatic presentation. The goal is straightforward: to involve the audience in a dramatic narrative. The challenge? Do that with ...

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 perform it; early ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. First performed in 1689 at Josias Priest's girls' school in London, Dido and ...

Southeast Missouri State University Department of Music presents "Dido and Aeneas" Saturday night, Jan. 19, 2013 in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus. Southeast Missouri State ...

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 ...

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, ...

Some musicologists enjoy tracking down a mystery: Why didn’t Schubert finish his “Unfinished” Symphony? Who was Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved”? They’ll search endlessly, even if their quest hits a ...