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| type                = Tragic opera
| type                = Tragic opera
| composer            = [[Henry Purcell]]
| composer            = [[Henry Purcell]]
| image              = Cover dido and aeneas.jpg
| image              = Johann Heinrich Tischbein - Dido on the Pyre, 1775.jpg
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| caption            = Johann Heinrich Tischbein, ''Dido on the Pyre'', 1775
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| premiere_date      = spring 1689
| 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 &AElig;neas 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 &AElig;neas passing towards the city. A Spirit appears, suddenly interrupting his progress."<ref name="Score"/>


Teh recitative "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]].  
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.
&AElig;neas
'''&AElig;neas'''
Tonight?
Tonight?
'''Spirit'''
'''Spirit'''
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| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de|'''Geist'''
| libretto-text =<poem>{{lang|de|'''Geist'''
Bleib, Prinz, und höre des großen Jupiters Befehl -
Halt, Prinz! Höre des großen Jupiters Befehl -
Er sendet dich diese Nacht hinweg.
Er ruft dich diese Nacht hinweg.
'''Æneas'''
'''Æneas'''
Heute Nacht?
Heute Nacht?
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und das zerstörte Troja zu erneuern.
und das zerstörte Troja zu erneuern.
'''Æneas'''
'''Æneas'''
Jupiters Befehl muss Folge geleistet werden, Heute Nacht befehle ich, die Anker zu lichten.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}}
Jupiters Befehl muss Folge geleistet werden,  
Heute Nacht befehle ich, die Anker zu lichten.}}<ref name="FR"/></poem>}}
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</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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