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    Salon Series: Sorcery in the Schoolroom – Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas in Historical Perspective

    6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Online event. Free to the public.
    Virtual Event

    Join Artistic Director Patrick Quigley and renowned music scholar Amanda Eubanks Winkler (Director of the Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University) for an illuminating look at Henry Purcell’s beloved Dido and Aeneas. Discover how the unique origins of this landmark opera shaped the music, the casting, and the drama […]

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    • Pre-Show Conversation with Amanda Eubanks Winkler

    6:30 p.m. | Sixth & I*, Washington, DC, United States.

    Join Opera Lafayette in an engaging pre-performance conversation with Amanda Eubanks Winkler (Director of the Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University) for an illuminating look at Henry Purcell’s beloved Dido and Aeneas before the performance. Tickets: Free. No registration required

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    Dido & Aeneas (DC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Sixth & I*, Washington, DC, United States.

    Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido  Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad […]

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    Dido & Aeneas (DC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Sixth & I*, Washington, DC, United States.

    Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido  Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad […]

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    Pre-Show Conversation with Amanda Eubanks Winkler

    6:30 p.m. | El Museo del Barrio, New York NY, NY, United States.

    Join Opera Lafayette in an engaging pre-performance conversation with Amanda Eubanks Winkler (Director of the Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University) for an illuminating look at Henry Purcell’s beloved Dido and Aeneas before the performance. Tickets: Free. No registration required

    Cost: Free
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    Dido & Aeneas (NYC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | El Museo del Barrio, New York NY, NY, United States.

    Feat. Mary Elizabeth Williams as Dido  Purcell’s ground-breaking opera makes its long-awaited Opera Lafayette debut. Mary Elizabeth Williams returns to Opera Lafayette as Dido, the ill-fated Queen of Carthage, following her internationally lauded performance in last season’s Morgiane. The famously haunting aria “When I Am Laid in Earth” brings the resilient Dido to a crossroad […]

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    • Virtual Salon with Nic McGegan & Patrick Quigley

    7:00 p.m. |

    Join us for an online discussion with Opera Lafayette Artistic Director Patrick Quigley and Guest Director Nic McGegan as they discuss our upcoming performance of Queen of Hearts. Tickets: Free with registration. Register here.

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    Queen of Hearts (DC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | St. Francis Hall, Washington, DC, United States.

    Queen of Hearts A Valentine’s Day Revel feat. Nic McGegan  Celebrate love in all its guises—sensual, humorous, chaste, and tragic—through tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs, all led by Nic McGegan, Music Director Laureate of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, renowned for his musical wit. Savor food, craft cocktails, and wine in […]

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    Queen of Hearts (NYC)

    7:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Room, New York, NY, United States.

    Queen of Hearts A Valentine’s Day Revel feat. Nic McGegan  Celebrate love in all its guises—sensual, humorous, chaste, and tragic—through tender ballads, amorous duets, cheeky verses, and bawdy drinking songs, all led by Nic McGegan, Music Director Laureate of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, renowned for his musical wit. Savor food, craft cocktails, and wine in […]

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    • New Woman (DC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Sixth & I*, Washington, DC, United States.

    New Woman Feat. Lauren Snouffer and the Opera Lafayette Orchestra  Composers Marianna Martines and Maria Antonia Walpurgis defied 18th-century convention by putting women front and center. GRAMMY-nominated soprano Lauren Snouffer takes the stage in this daring solo performance reawakening Talestri, Queen of the Amazons, and Berenice, Princess of Egypt. Lauren also shines in bravura arias by […]

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    • New Woman (NYC)

    7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Merkin Hall, New York, United States.

    New Woman Feat. Lauren Snouffer and the Opera Lafayette Orchestra  Composers Marianna Martines and Maria Antonia Walpurgis defied 18th-century convention by putting women front and center. GRAMMY-nominated soprano Lauren Snouffer […]

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