Author: Michael Burden

Henry Purcell has long been acknowledged as one of England's greatest composers. Little is known about his life beyond his official appointments an...

Regina Mingotti was the first female impresario to run London's opera house. Born in Naples in 1722, she was the daughter of an Austrian diplomat, ...

Dido and Aeneas has been one of the most compelling and durable of the great classical myths. The material the story offers has led artists, author...

Purcell was the greatest ornament of English music in the seventeenth century, and has been a source of inspiration for British composers ever sinc...

Regina Mingotti was the first female impresario to run London's opera house. Born in Naples in 1722, she was the daughter of an Austrian diplomat, ...