Dido and Aeneas
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Dido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the
The composer, portrait by John Closterman, c. 1695
Dido and Aeneas, from a Roman fresco, Pompeian Third Style (10 BC – 45 AD), Pompeii, Italy
The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1766
Low ham mosaic
Dido
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Dido, also known as Elissa, was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage.
Dido and Aeneas
…end of 1689. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. A monumental work in Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas is remembered…
Dido and Aeneas, from a Roman fresco, Pompeian Third Style (10 BC – 45 AD), Pompeii, Italy
Dido, 1781 oil painting by Henry Fuseli
Dido seated on a throne attended by handmaiden, looking at the personification of Africa wearing an elephant hide. Aeneas' ship features in the background. Fresco in Pompeii
Dido, attributed to Christophe Cochet, formerly at the Marly and currently at the Louvre