Les Arts Florissants, led by William Christie in performance and masterclasses of two masterpieces from their repertoire, Actéon by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell ...

Back in 1689, when Henry Purcell wrote "Dido and Aeneas," he had in mind a Carthaginian queen and a Trojan war hero, not movie stars and paparazzi. But when Dora Ohrenstein decided to stage the rarely ...

English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, based on Book IV of Roman poet Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, is all set to be the ...

“Yes, it’s that kind of show,” shouted Bjarte Eike, artistic director of the early music group Barokksolistene, as he urged a hesitant audience to yell “hah!” on cue. The show in question was ...