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Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain.
Aug 1, 2021 · The story of Dido and Aeneas shows the determination of both Aeneas, and Jupiter, in ensuring that the Trojan hero fulfils his destiny and founds Rome. Alexander Pope famously described Virgil’s Aeneid as a ‘political puff’, written to praise the Roman Empire under the emperor Augustus.
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We know the story of Dido and Aeneas from Virgil's 'Aeneid,' an epic poem written in Latin between 29 and 19 BC. Comprising twelve books, this magnum opus of Virgil is the primary source of our knowledge about these characters.
On a simple and realistic level, Dido is infatuated with Aeneas. In Greece, the goddess Ate represents mischief or ruin, and certainly Dido's infatuation with the Trojan warrior destined...
Dido fell in love with Aeneas after his landing in Africa, and Virgil attributes her suicide to her abandonment by him at the command of Jupiter. Her dying curse on the Trojans provides a mythical origin for the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage.
A guide to Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and its best recordings - Classical Music.
Dec 15, 2017 · Dec. 15, 2017. Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” is one of the most beloved operas in the repertory. Divas flock to the title role; Dido’s final “Lament” is a showstopper. Schools and colleges...
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London no later than the summer of 1688. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid.
The story, adapted and much streamlined from Virgil’s Aeneid, tells of the love between the Trojan hero Aeneas and the recently widowed Carthaginian queen Dido, and of her subsequent suicide after he is tricked into leaving to fulfil his destiny as founder of Rome.
