Articles related to "Dido And Aeneas"

Dido and Aeneas, an English opera by Henry Purcell: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Purcell opera information.

Ovid wanted to retell part of Virgil's Aeneid in his own way. But his Heroides doesn't change the Dido and Aeneas story, one of many tales in Ovid's early poem.

Biography of Henry Purcell, considered greatest English composer before Elgar, known for Sonata no. 9 in F, The Golden Sonata.

With Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn all having birthdays or celebrating milestone anniversaries, classical music has a lot to celebrate in 2009.

The Carthaginian myth of Dido is very different to that found in The Aeneid.

Traces early English opera with significant roles played by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel.

A look at three classical music female singers and some recommendations for listening.

Before deciding how to play the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, it is helpful to consider the historical and theatrical context of this famous trio.

Brief biography of ancient Roman poet Ovid, popular and prolific writer exiled in the Black Sea, and a contemporary of Virgil and Horace.

Free Opera Scores! Public domain opera scores are available for free online by the University of Indiana School of Music. List of available free opera scores.

Singer Kathleen Shimeta was so inspired by a one-woman show about suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she wrote her own show about composer Gena Branscombe.

Edward Gordon Craig was born into the theatre and transformed it with his ideas on set, costume and lighting design, despite being very difficult to work with.