Aeneas is your typical strong warrior and acts independently. In my personal life, I am an extremely independent person, and I related my own personality to Aeneas’ vulnerability. This role did not ...

The ancient story of the Aeneid, by Latin poet Virgil, describes the story’s hero Aeneas encountering harpies on his quest to found Rome, saying: ... a seer and king of Salmydessus in Thrace, ...

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 ...

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.

Jonathan Swain presents this week's Thursday Opera Matinee, Purcell's Dido And Aeneas, in a performance by Les Talens Lyriques at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris. One of the first English ...

Mark Morris’s doubleheader brings together two operas by British composers, Henry Purcell, from the seventeenth century, and Benjamin Britten, from the twentieth. Britten’s “Curlew River ...