Dido and Aeneas
| Dido and Aeneas | |
|---|---|
| Tragic opera by Henry Purcell | |
 | |
| Catalogue | Z. 626 |
| Libretto | Nahum Tate |
| Language | English |
| Based on | Brutus of Alba (1678) and Volume IV of the Eneida by Virgil |
| Composed | [1] |
| Premiere | |
| Date | spring 1689 |
| Location | Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls ( Chelsea , London ) |
Dido and Aeneas is an Opera by Henry Purcell. It premiered in 1689. [1]
Synopsis
Set to words by Nahum Tate, the opera follows Dido's – the Queen of Carthage's – fate. In Purcell's and Tate's version, the call for Aeneas to abandon Dido is the work of evil witches', who hat "all in proper state".[2] At their bidding and disguised as Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, he commands Aeneas to leave Carthage – and Dido, its queen. Abandoned by her lover Aeneas, she dies; the witches triumph.[2]
Roles and premiere cast
| Role | Voice type | 1705 | 23 March 1706[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedecia, rè di Gerusalemme | Alto | ||
| Anna, sua consorte | Soprano | ||
| Ismaele, suo figlio | Sopran | ||
| Nadabbe, suo capitano | Tenor | ||
| Nabucco, rè di Babilonia | Bass [4] |
RSIM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) – OPAC
OCLC-Nummer = 2052805[5]
Manuscripts and sheet music
- Score
- Veröffentlicht:1841
- Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society
- Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Dido and Aeneas. members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, originally from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1841.
- Sheet Music: Kalmus
- Dido and Aeneas Opera in Three Acts
- Vocal (Opera) Score with English Text
- 1961
- Boosey & Hawkes
- "Dido and Aeneas - An Opera in Three Acts". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021. line feed character in
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- ↑ German translation: FR, 2021