• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

    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 […]

    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

    Cost: Free