As part of a conference on 17th-century English music, theater and dance, Muhlenberg College presented a fully staged and costumed production of Henry Purcell’s baroque opera “Dido and Aeneas” in the ...

Music historians generally agree that Western opera began around the turn of the 17th Century in Europe. However, the modern repertoire generally ignores the first 150 years in favor of the works of ...

The Sorceress resembles an Amazon model from outer space. Her elf, disguised as Mercury, flies. Together, they scheme to spoil a royal romance with the sort of special effects one expects from cheeky ...

Baroque opera is a rarity in South Florida, but Palm Beach Opera is enthusiastically digging into this repertory Saturday for the first event of its 60th anniversary season. English opera is even ...

Ethel Merman and Mary Martin never tried this. Tony winners Kelli O’Hara and Victoria Clark put aside their usual show tunes to sing Henry Purcell’s 17th Century opera, “Dido & Aeneas,” presented ...

With no opera earlier than Mozart on next season’s Lyric Opera schedule, and with the new regime at Chicago Opera Theater focusing on 20th century rarities, the Haymarket Opera Company has baroque ...

Myths come alive in a pair of English one-act operas, Venus & Adonis and Dido & Aeneas, blending perfectly into one evening of great opera. Audiences will hear these pieces the way 17th century ...

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 with such ...

As director of “Dido and Aeneas,” Elkhanah Pulitzer says it’s an appropriate story for Opera San Jose’s return to live performance after the pandemic shutdown. Purcell’s 1689 opera is running through ...

The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado has presented a wide-ranging mix of instrumental and vocal works during its four-year history, but it has never ventured into opera. Until now. This weekend, ...

As director of “Dido and Aeneas,” Elkhanah Pulitzer says it’s an appropriate story for Opera San Jose’s return to live performance after the pandemic shutdown. Purcell’s 1689 opera is running through ...