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  2. Dido and Aeneas - Wikipedia

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    Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) [1] 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.

  3. Dido - Wikipedia

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    The story of Dido and Aeneas remained popular throughout the post-Renaissance era and was the basis for many operas, with the libretto by Metastasio, Didone abbandonata, proving especially popular with composers throughout the eighteenth century and beyond:

  4. Dido's Lament - Wikipedia

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    Lea Desandre performs "Dido's Lament" with Les Arts Florissants in 2020. Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. Dido's Lament chromatic fourth ground bass, measures 1–6 [1]

  5. Didone abbandonata (Sarro) - Wikipedia

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    The final scene in Metastasio's libretto, Didone Abandonata, by Cecilio Rizzardini Didone abbandonata (Dido Abandoned) is an opera in three acts composed by Domenico Sarro to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio of the same name which was based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid.

  6. Review: An offbeat comedy takes a brutal turn in Echo ... - AOL

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    Dido’s love for Aeneas, of course, ends tragically, with Dido killing herself after her beloved abandons her to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. Michael, the default English ...

  7. Fields of sorrow - Wikipedia

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    Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld by Jan Brueghel the Younger. In the underworld, Aeneas meets the spirit of his past relationship, queen Dido of Carthage, with whom he tries to reconcile after their tragic separation. Dido doesn't respond to his calling and withdraws in the forest to her first spouse, Sichaeus.

  8. Dido, Queen of Carthage (play) - Wikipedia

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    Dido, Queen of Carthage (full title: The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage) is a short play written by the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, with possible contributions by Thomas Nashe. It was probably written between 1587 and 1593, and was first published in 1594.

  9. Aeneas - Wikipedia

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    Aeneas is a title character in Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas (c. 1688), and Jakob Greber's Enea in Cartagine (Aeneas in Carthage) (1711), and one of the principal roles in Hector Berlioz' opera Les Troyens (c. 1857), as well as in Metastasio's immensely popular [35] opera libretto Didone abbandonata.