After October 7, Purcell’s 'Dido and Aeneas' rings truer than ever

The decision to open the 40th opera season on Tuesday with Dido and Aeneas is a lovely nod to the past while ensuring the ...
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Dido and Aeneas at Victoria University’s Memorial Theatre

Alicia Cadwgan and Declan Cudd in Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music's Dido and Aeneas at the Victoria University Memorial Theatre in August. Photo: Debbie Rawson Virgil's tale is thousands of years ...
Medicine Buffalo

UB Opera Workshop to Present Rarely Performed Work, Dido and Aeneas

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo Opera Workshop will present Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, at 8 p.m. March 8 and 2:30 p.m. March 9 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the ...
cursus.edu

The journey of the anti-hero

The hero's journey is a motif that has run through human history. The actions of ancient heroes such as Gilgamesh, Ulysses and Aeneas, to name just 3, have spanned the millennia and stimulated Western ...
WRAL

The More We Learn About ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ the Less We Know

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 ...
JSTOR Daily

PURCELL'S "DIDO AND ANEAS": AENEAS AS ROMANTIC HERO

Vergilius, an annual journal for all those interested in Vergilian studies, publishes scholarly submissions on all aspects of Vergil’s poems, as well as poetry and translation inspired by Vergil’s ...
Times of Malta

Dido and Aeneas at Manoel

Henry Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas is being staged in a new production at the Manoel Theatre this week. The opera, being presented as a joint collaboration with Valletta 2018 Foundation, will be ...