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Dido and Aeneas. Opera in a prologue and 3 acts by Purcell; text by Nahum Tate, after Book 4 of Virgil's Aeneid (unfin. 19 BC). Comp. ?1685 or earlier, but first known perf. Chelsea, Josias Priest's School for Young Gentlewomen, spring 1689.

Carthage, after the Trojan war. Dido (sop or mez) cannot bring herself to declare her love for Aeneas (bar). Belinda (sop) and the court succeed in making her yield, and a chorus celebrates the triumph of love and beauty.

The Sorceress (mez or male alto) summons the Witches to her cave to plot the downfall of Dido and of Carthage. They agree to conjure up a storm so as to force ...

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