Dido and Aeneas, 1689

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dido_and_Aeneas,_1689

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Book_IV_of_Virgil's_Aeneid
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Henry_Purcell
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:England
gptkbp:genre	tragic opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	one of the earliest known English operas
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dido and Aeneas, 1689
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Nahum_Tate
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Dido gptkb:Aeneas
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:When_I_am_laid_in_earth_(Dido's_Lament)
gptkbp:notableChorus	gptkb:With_drooping_wings
gptkbp:notablePerformance	gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London
gptkbp:notableRecording	Janet Baker (Dido), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Lewis Jessye Norman (Dido), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Raymond Leppard
gptkbp:premiereDate	1689
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Josias_Priest's_girls'_school,_Chelsea,_London
gptkbp:structure	three acts
gptkbp:subject	love and betrayal
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Josias_Priest's_girls'_school,_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8