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

It’s no small part of the great achievement of Purcell’s score that it takes Tate’s frankly mediocre poetry and through harmonic and rhythmic innovation transforms the base metal of his words into the ...

That’s what Dido sings in Purcell’s opera, about her and Aeneas: “Remember me!” Jay is reminded of this when filling out forms on the Internet. In this episode, he plays Dido, plus Charlie Parker, ...

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, ...

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 ...

In 2024 we embark on the second 50 years of the Woods Hole Cantata Consort. The program will consist of one work, the “Monumental Baroque Opera”, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. The opera is ...

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 ...

Joyce DiDonato again makes a magical pairing with Michael Spyres, as on John Nelson’s Les Troyens (12/17), although Didon and Énée are now Dido and Aeneas. It’s an exciting partnership and one with ...

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 ...

In 1979, Boston Camerata became the first company in the world to record Henry Purcell’s tragic opera “Dido and Aeneas” using period instruments. A celebration of that landmark recording’s 40th ...