Didone abbandonata

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Didone abbandonata is an 18th-century opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, based on the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas from classical mythology.

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Didone abbandonata canonical 4
La Didone 3

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instanceOf 18th-century libretto
opera libretto
author Pietro Metastasio
basedOn Dido and Aeneas
classical mythology
character Araspe
Didone
Enea
Iarba
Osmida
Selene
circulation widely set by 18th-century composers
firstPerformancePlace Naples
firstPerformanceVenue Teatro San Bartolomeo
firstPerformanceYear 1724
genre opera seria
historicalSignificance one of Metastasio's most frequently set libretti
influencedBy Virgil's Aeneid
language Italian
librettist Pietro Metastasio
literaryTradition Italian opera seria
mainCharacter Aeneas
Dido
motif betrayal in love
heroic duty
narrativeOutcome suicide of Dido
notableComposerSetting Baldassare Galuppi
Domenico Sarro
Johann Adolph Hasse
linked to: Johann Adolf Hasse

Leonardo Vinci
Niccolò Jommelli
Nicola Porpora
period Baroque
setting Carthage
structure three acts
theme abandonment
duty versus passion
tragic love

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Pietro Metastasio notableWork Didone abbandonata
Giovanni Francesco Busenello notableWork La Didone
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Giovanni Francesco Busenello wroteLibrettoFor La Didone
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Francesco Cavalli notableWork La Didone
subject linked to: Cavalli
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Johann Adolf Hasse notableWork Didone abbandonata
Niccolò Jommelli notableWork Didone abbandonata
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi notableWork Didone abbandonata