Dido and Aeneas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dido_and_Aeneas
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Aeneid
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Henry_Purcell
gptkbp:duration approximately 1 hour
gptkbp:firstPerformanceType school performance
gptkbp:genre Baroque opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dido and Aeneas
gptkbp:influencedBy French opera
English masque
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Nahum_Tate
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:magic
gptkb:Dido
gptkb:Aeneas
gptkb:Belinda
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:When_I_am_laid_in_earth_(Dido's_Lament)
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:With_drooping_wings
Great minds against themselves conspire
To the hills and the vales
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Royal_Opera_House
gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera
gptkb:English_National_Opera
gptkbp:notableRecording Janet Baker (Dido), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Lewis
Jessye Norman (Dido), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:period Baroque
gptkbp:premiereDate 1689
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Josias_Priest's_girls'_school,_London
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Carthage
gptkbp:subject Love
mythology
tragedy
gptkbp:theme gptkb:magic
Fate
death
Abandonment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Purcell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5