| ID | 6AA30FF4-74FB-42B1-9E63-E70143689983 |
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| Titlecode | A232802 |
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| Title Name | Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 |
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| Marketing Copy | English composer Henry Purcell's (1659-1695) Dido and Aeneas was definitely performed by Josias Priest's girls' school of London in 1689, though it may have been composed much earlier and have a previous performance. Purcell's only true opera, it tells the tragic story in three acts of Dido, the queen of Carthage, and her love for Aeneas of Troy. When they agree to marry, a sorceress plots the destruction of the marriage and Carthage by tricking Aeneas into believing that he must leave to create a new Troy. When he tells Dido this, she rejects him completely and forces him to leave despite his willingness to defy the gods and stay with her, and she dies soon after, though first singing the most well-known aria from the opera, "When I am laid in Earth," also known as "Dido's Lament." This edition is by William Hayman Cummings (1831-1915) from 1889, when the opera first saw the revival that continues to this day. The set of score and parts and the vocal score are available separately. |
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| Instrumentation | Hpchd (in FS): Str (2-2-2-1-1 in set): Vocal Soli (9 roles, SSSSSAATT): Chorus |
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| Commission | (not set) |
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| Dedication | (not set) |
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| Program Notes | add |
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| Title Brand | 1 |
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| Year Composed | 1689/1889 |
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| Copyright Number | (not set) |
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| Copyright Year | (not set) |
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| Duration | 55 |
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| Ensemble Size | 0 |
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| Date Created | 2022-11-03 20:12:27.000000 |
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| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:12:27 |
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| Inhouse Note | (not set) |
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| Bsc Code | MUS037070 |
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| Text Author | Libretto by Nahum Tate, after Virgil |
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| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
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| Recording Credits | (not set) |
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| Review | (not set) |
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| Awards | (not set) |
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| Title Category | 6 |
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| Title Movements | (not set) |
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| Set Series ID | BFAB29D8-3614-467D-4922-08DB00B0FAFD |
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| Title Instrument Category Text | Serious Opera |
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| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
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| Title Sub Category | 55 |
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| Title Instrument Header | 38 |
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| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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| Clean Url | dido-and-aeneas-z-626-a232802 |
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