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St. John’s in the Village to Showcase ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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A semi-staged concert performance of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” will be presented on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 starting at 7:30 p.m. The performance, set to take place at at St. John’s in the Village in New York City, features a cast led by soprano Jaclyn Randazzo in the role of Dido and baritone David Smolokoff as Aeneas. The cast {…}

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Dutch National Opera to Tour ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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The Dutch National Opera is set to perform Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” on tour in concert performances. The company will partner with Opera Zuid and Nederlandse Reisopera and will be touring the Netherlands with a Purcell programme centred around the short opera “Dido and Aeneas.” This music from more than 300 years ago will be interpreted by members of the {…}

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Opera Australia 2025 Review: Dido and Aeneas

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(Photo credit: Keith Saunders) The Opera Australia production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” that opened at the Sydney Opera House on March 13 was the second time in a year that Erin Helyard conducted the work. Previously, Helyard’s own company Pinchgut Opera had presented the work at Angel Place Recital Hall. This time Helyard conducted a co-production between Opera Australia {…}

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Ravenna 2024 Review: ‘Hail! Bright Cecilia’ & ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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(Photo: Zani-Casadio) Following on from the previous day’s performance of Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria,” Ravenna’s Teatro Alighieri continued with a production of Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” coupled with “Hail, Bright Cecelia,” presented by the same cast under the musical direction of Ottavio Dantone. The fact that Pier Luigi Pizzi, who had been responsible for the lackluster staging {…}

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Theatre of Early Music & University of Toronto Schola Cantorum Present ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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The Theatre of Early Music in collaboration with the Schola Cantorum present a music and dance adaptation of Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” Leading instrumentalists from Tafelmusik and the Theatre of Early Music join soprano Sinead White in the title role of Dido, Juno-award winning baritone Alexander Dobson as Aeneas, and countertenor Ryan McDonald as the Sorceress. The orchestra is {…}

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Opéra Royal de Versailles 2022-23 Review: Dido and Aeneas

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Photo: Pablo Lorente Opéra Royal de Versailles’ “Dido and Aeneas” has, on paper, great musicians, a good stage director, good dancers, and even William Christie. But that was not enough to prevent leaving the theater frustrated. The principal point of frustration came from how poorly conceived the production itself was. This failure is exclusive to good and well-intentioned artists—those from {…}

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Opera Atelier to Open Season with Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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Opera Atelier is set to open its 2022-23 season with “Dido and Aeneas.” The production will be held at the Elgin Theatre on Oct 20, 22, and 23. Marshall Pynkoski, C.M., Founding Co-Artistic Director said,“We are thrilled to be returning to the Elgin Theatre, after a four-year absence, with Purcell’s extraordinary work, Dido and Aeneas. At roughly one-hour in length, {…}

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Building the Sorceress – Conductor David Bates & Mezzo-Soprano Madeleine Shaw on a New Approach to Purcell’s Iconic ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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Perhaps no other figure in the history of the baroque period was so transformative, productive, and instrumental in the development of England’s musical heritage than Henry Purcell. He was a composer whose legacy is, somewhat remarkably, both famous and forgotten the world round. Having been born into a musical family—beginning his musical career as a boy chorister at the Chapel {…}

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Nikola Printz, Efraín Solís, Maya Kherani, Nathan Stark Headline Opera San José’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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Opera San José is set to return to the stage with “Dido and Aeneas.” The opera, which marks the first in-person performance that the company showcases in over one year, will take place starting on Nov. 13 at the California Theatre in downtown San José. The run will last through Nov. 28. Audiences will see mezzo-soprano in the role of {…}