Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Purcell's_Dido_and_Aeneas
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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:duration approximately 1 hour
gptkbp:firstPublished 1840s (full score)
gptkbp:genre Baroque opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the earliest English operas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Nahum_Tate
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:magic
gptkb:Dido
gptkb:Aeneas
gptkb:Belinda
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Dido's_Lament
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:With_Drooping_Wings
gptkbp:notablePerformance gptkb:Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera
gptkbp:notableRecording Janet Baker (Dido), English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Lewis
Jessye Norman (Dido), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
gptkbp:orchestration strings and continuo
gptkbp:premiereDate 1689
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Josias_Priest's_girls'_school,_London
gptkbp:structure three acts
gptkbp:theme betrayal
love
tragedy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_King's_Consort
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6