Photos: ‘Dido And Aeneas’ and ‘Bluebeard’s Castle’

Liam Bonner and Paula Murrihy in Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” by Los Angeles Opera at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilionon Oct. 22, 2014.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

G. Thomas Allen, left, as First Witch, Liam Bonner as Aeneas and Darryl Taylor as Second Witch.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Liam Bonner as Aeneas and Paula Murrihy as Dido.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The cast and musicians with period musical instruments.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Paula Murrihy as Dido and John Holiday as Sorceress.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

John Holiday as Sorceress, second from the left, in “Dido and Aeneas” by the L.A. Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Liam Bonner, left, and Paula Murrihy in “Dido and Aeneas” by the L.A. Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

G. Thomas Allen, left, John Holiday and Darryl Taylor in “Dido and Aeneas” by the L.A. Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Claudia Mahnke as Judith in Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.”   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Hayward as Bluebeard and Claudia Mahnke as Judith in “Bluebeard’s Castle.”  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Hayward as Bluebeard and Claudia Mahnke as Judith in”Bluebeard’s Castle.”   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Claudia Mahnke as Judith with supernumeraries in “Bluebeard’s Castle.”   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Hayward as Bluebeard, second from the left, with supernumerary actors in “Bluebeard’s Castle” by the L.A. Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Hayward in “Bluebeard’s Castle” by the L.A. Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Robert Hayward, left, as Bluebeard and Claudia Mahnke as Judith, second from left.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Claudia Mahnke, left, as Judith and Robert Hayward as Bluebeard, second from right.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)