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Tag Archives: Dido

Here, too, are tears: Dido, Queen of Carthage, Marlowe, RSC

While there are many excellent reasons to read Virgil’s Aeneid from cover to cover, more than once, the fourth book of the great Roman epic (Dido’s abandonment by Aeneas and subsequent suicide)…

September 22, 2017 in Theatre.

Fiddling while Carthage burns: Jommelli’s La Didone from Ensemble Serse

Five hours with five counter tenors: a virtuoso stand-off which impresses, even astounds, but ultimately exhausts even the most dedicated audience by its refusal to cut a single note of…

April 11, 2014 in Baroque, Opera.

Slow-motion memories: Remember Me

Claudia Molitor‘s elegant and contemplative work, more performance art than opera, is charming and original – with particularly clever and beautiful design details – yet ultimately frustrating. Click here to…

December 10, 2013 in Fringe, Opera.

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