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| type = Tragic opera | | type = Tragic opera | ||
| composer = [[Henry Purcell]] | | composer = [[Henry Purcell]] | ||
| image = | | image = Johann Heinrich Tischbein - Dido on the Pyre, 1775.jpg | ||
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| alt = | | alt = Johann Heinrich Tischbein - Dido on the Pyre, 1775 | ||
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| caption = | | caption = Johann Heinrich Tischbein, ''Dido on the Pyre'', 1775 | ||
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| composed = | | composed = <!-- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}|end_date={{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}|location=}} --> | ||
| dedication = | | dedication = | ||
| performed = <!-- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}|location=}} --> | | performed = <!-- {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}}|location=}} --> | ||
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| premiere_date = | | premiere_date = Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | ||
| premiere_location = Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls ( Chelsea , London ) | | premiere_location = Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls ( Chelsea , London ) | ||
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The piece appears in Act II, Scene III of the opera. The original stage direction reads: "The neighbourhood of Carthage, with distant view of the sea. Enter Æneas passing towards the city. A Spirit appears, suddenly interrupting his progress."<ref name="Score"/> | The piece appears in Act II, Scene III of the opera. The original stage direction reads: "The neighbourhood of Carthage, with distant view of the sea. Enter Æneas passing towards the city. A Spirit appears, suddenly interrupting his progress."<ref name="Score"/> | ||
The ''recitativo'' "Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command ..." does not appear on any album. There has been a radio [[Dido and Aeneas, Théatre du Châtelet|broadcast with the great Jessye Norman]]. | |||
==Libretto== | ==Libretto== | ||
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Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command – | Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command – | ||
He summons thee this nght away. | He summons thee this nght away. | ||
Æneas | '''Æneas''' | ||
Tonight? | Tonight? | ||
'''Spirit''' | '''Spirit''' | ||
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| country =Germany | | country =Germany | ||
| language-note = | | language-note = | ||
| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de| | | libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de|'''Geist''' | ||
Er | Halt, Prinz! Höre des großen Jupiters Befehl - | ||
Æneas | Er ruft dich diese Nacht hinweg. | ||
'''Æneas''' | |||
Heute Nacht? | Heute Nacht? | ||
Geist | '''Geist''' | ||
Heute Nacht musst du dieses Land verlassen; | Heute Nacht musst du dieses Land verlassen; | ||
Die zornigen Götter dulden keinen längeren Verbleib - | Die zornigen Götter dulden keinen längeren Verbleib - | ||
Jupiter befiehlt dir, nicht mehr mit Liebesfreuden zu vergeuden, | |||
Die die allmächtigen | Die kostbaren Stunden, | ||
Die dir die allmächtigen Götter gewähren, | |||
Um die latinische Küste zu erobern | |||
Æneas | und das zerstörte Troja zu erneuern. | ||
Jupiters Befehl muss Folge geleistet werden, Heute Nacht befehle ich, die Anker zu lichten.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}} | '''Æneas''' | ||
Jupiters Befehl muss Folge geleistet werden, | |||
Heute Nacht befehle ich, die Anker zu lichten.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}} | |||
</div> | </div> | ||
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:Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society | :Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society | ||
:Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | :Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | ||
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[[Category:17th-century music]] | [[Category:17th-century music]] | ||
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