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...Forthcoming highlights include, on May 16, Cimarosa’s rarely heard L’Olimpiade (not strictly an opera about the Olympics, though Paris 2024 is clearly its peg and the games are alluded to in its libretto...
...Tours of his greatest hits will not be enough: “They could survive for a couple of years on Dido and Aeneas and L’Allegro and The Hard Nut — that’s great — but at a certain point they get a little yellowed...
...This summer Aenea launched a joint collection with Hong Kong-based Niin, founded by Jeanine Hsu....
...The evening nevertheless turns out lopsided, and it’s Dido and Aeneas, played second, that wins hands down....
...In a dining room we saw a trompe l’oeil of an unswept floor scattered with chicken legs and fish skeletons. We also enjoyed music and drama laid on for the cruise guests....
...Sarah Connolly and Lucas Meachem sing the lead roles in Dido and Aeneas, with Royal Ballet dancers providing background accompaniment....
...Last year Mark Padmore broke convention with a conductorless performance of Bach’s St John Passion, Chandos has recently released a conductorless recording of Dido and Aeneas and keyboardists are becoming...
...That was Dido and Aeneas in 1966, a lesser challenge than The Fairy Queen, because the one-hour opera, played as half of a double-bill, makes a sure-fire piece of theatre....
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