Dido and Aeneas, 1689

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Dido_and_Aeneas,_1689
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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
https://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 7