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Revision as of 03:11, 8 October 2021
Dido and Aeneas | |
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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. Set to words by Nahum Tate, the opera follows Dido's – the Queen of Carthage's – fate. Abandoned by her lover Aeneas, she dies."When I am laid in earth" is her testament. The original stage direction reads: "She stabs herself on the funeral pile which is lighted."[2] [1]
It appears on the following album:
Year | Album | With |
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2021 | À sa guitare (Album) | Thibaut Garcia |
It is part of the following concert program:
Year | Album | With |
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2021 | À sa guitare (Concert program) | Thibaut Garcia |
Libretto
Henry Purcell (music), Nahum Tate (words)
When I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create |
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Manuscripts and sheet music
- Score
- Veröffentlicht:1841
- Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society
- Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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- 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.
- Sheet Music: IMSLP
- "Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dido and Aeneas". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 . members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, originally from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1841. Missing or empty
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- ↑ "Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.