Dido and Aeneas
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Dido and Aeneas
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Dido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen o
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Opera by Purcell
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas
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2004-05-12T20:40:00Z
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2024-09-07T21:30:57Z
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