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Henry-Purcell

Opera Review: “Dido and Aeneas” — A Memorable Evening of Purcell

Handel and Haydn Society assembled both a must-hear program and an extraordinary cast of singers.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Handel & Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Henry-Purcell, Susan Miron

Concert Review: Handel & Haydn Society Plays Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen”

A thoroughly charismatic Fairy Queen from start to finish, well-prepared, fulgently delivered, and received by a packed house with well-earned warmth.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Handel & Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, Henry-Purcell, Opera, The Fairy Queen

Classical CD Reviews: Emerson Quartet plays Purcell and Britten and Mozart in Havana

The Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Chaconnes and Fantasies, Emerson String Quartet, Henry-Purcell, Mozart in Havana, Simone Dinnerstein

Classical Music Review: The BEMF’s Impressive “Dido and Aeneas”

BEMF’s Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs have, once again, produced a work of impeccable and imaginative scholarship for a production that’s not only historically informed, but musically, dramatically, and visually entertaining. Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate. Presented by the Boston Early Music Festival. At New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, […]

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston Early Music Festival, Dido-and-Aeneas, Henry-Purcell, Opera, Susan Miron

Fuse Concert Review: An Opera Lost in Space

Handel and Haydn Society’s irreverent take on “Dido and Aeneas” is another example of an operatic trend in which production values push musical values to the sidelines

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Music Tagged: Dido-and-Aeneas, Henry-Purcell

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