“It’s a great first opera,” Patrick Dupre Quigley says of Dido and Aeneas, currently in the midst of its Opera Lafayette debut. “And it’s an opera that has survived in reasonably constant performance ...

CHARLESTON — The audience at Sottile Theater for the U.S. premiere of "Dido and Aeneas" was engaged by art right from the start. While waiting for the chamber opera — a Spoleto Festival USA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A SCENE from 'Dido and Aeneas' (photo credit: YOSSI ZWECKER) The decision to open the 40th opera season on Tuesday with Dido and ...

Opera Atelier has announced the company's return to the Elgin Theatre with its iconic production of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, on stage October 20 and 22 at 7:30pm and October 23 at 2:30pm.

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 ...

Mezzo Shaked Bar as Dido. Photo: Rosalie O'Connor Purcell's DIDO AND AENEAS--written in about 1689 with a libretto by Nahum Tate--doesn't exist in a final version approved by the composer but, well, ...

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 ...