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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 ...

Purcell’s heart-wrenching Baroque aria – for 2021... In a multitrack video shared online, the Eurythmics legend joins the choir for a contemporary version of the aria, which has lost none of its ...

Let this powerful performance make you stop and reflect. ‘Dido’s Lament’ from Purcell’s 17th-century opera Dido and Aeneas is one of the most beautiful and heart-breaking pieces of music ever written.

Dido - the proud, heroic mythological figure brought down by love - is the inspiration behind this musical exploration of her story and character by the Brentano Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw. The ...

There is plenty to praise about Opera Erratica's new production of Dido and Aeneas - for instance, the expert and loving account of Henry Purcell's score, delivered by a small band of period ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Recent scholarship tells us that Purcell’s 50-minute opera Dido and Aeneas was not written for a girls’ ...