Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate...

boxes, or other symbols. Dido (/ˈdaɪdoʊ/ DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Διδώ Greek pronunciation: [diː.dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation: [ˈdiːdoː]), also known as Elissa...

descended in a direct line from Æneas." The Roman mythographer Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. 64 BCE – CE 17) in his Fabulae credits Aeneas with killing 28 enemies...

Thus, Dido's request of her people and her people's only recourse for closure align in their mutual hate for Aeneas and his Trojans. In effect, Dido's violent...

Dido's Lament ("When I am laid in earth") is the closing aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is included...

music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's...

tells an intense dramatic tale of Dido and her fanatical love for Aeneas (induced by Cupid), Aeneas' betrayal of her and her eventual suicide on his departure...

Antony and Cleopatra were the prototypes and antitypes for Virgil's Dido and Aeneas: Dido, ruler of the north African city of Carthage, tempts Aeneas, the...

The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas is an oil on canvas neoclassical history painting by the British artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland, from 1766. It portrays...

Dido and Aeneas is an 1814 history painting by the British painter J.M.W. Turner that portrays a scene inspired by the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil...

Look up dido or Dido in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dido was founder and first queen of Carthage. Dido or DIDO may also refer to: Dido, Queen of...

This is a discography of Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London in the...

Naxos (Richard Strauss) Dido, Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)* Floßhilde, Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung (Richard Wagner) Hänsel, Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck)*...

Philadelphia, when cast as Jocasta in Stravinsky's Oedipus rex, and as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. She went on to sing leading roles with many other companies...

calling and withdraws in the forest to her first spouse, Sichaeus. The violent ending of Dido and Aeneas' relationship, mythical founders of Carthage and Rome...

leading roles in the operas Dido and Aeneas in Padova and Lucrezia Borgia at Müpa Budapest, Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Aalto Theatre in Essen. During...

local theatre and youth music groups. Performing in such varied shows as Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Handel's Messiah to Kander and Ebb's classic musical...

weep full sore, and sheddeth tender tears. In Henry Purcell's 1688 opera Dido and Aeneas, (librettist Nahum Tate), when Aeneas tells Dido he must abandon...

Festival, and in Aix-en-Provence. In 2006 she sang as Nerone in L'incoronazione di Poppea in Brussels and Berlin, then as Dido in Dido and Aeneas with William...

Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Hampton Court, 1995); Marie in Wozzeck (Metropolitan Opera, 1997); the title role in Fedora (Los Angeles Opera, 1997); and the...

other works the Ave Maria by Pietro Mascagni and Mariae Wiegenlied by Max Reger. Dido (Purcell: Dido and Aeneas) Contessa Almaviva (Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro)...

and his band Tongue. Certain live performances by Buckley have specifically been held in high regard. "Dido's Lament", an aria from Dido and Æneas by...

Yoliztli and interpreted opera performances, such as La Traviata, Dido and Aeneas and Eneas. She also performed with the group Quien es quien. In 1987...

opera, Dido and Aeneas. He also wrote the lyrics to a Christmas carol, "While shepherds watched their flocks". Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and came from...

used in English opera, most notably Henry Purcell's Dido and Æneas. Its distinctive rhythmic profile and function thus led to the French overture style found...

(Phèdre) Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Dido) Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (Nerone) Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (Dido) Handel Giulio Cesare...

instructions to the witches before a final dance and Macbeth's arrival. In Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas with libretto by Nahum Tate, the Sorceress...

Dmitri Tcherniakov. 2005/06 – Concert performance and CD record of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. 2006/07 – Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro directed by...

On 11 March 2013, Brun performed her own adaptation of "Dido's Lament", from Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, at Roundhouse in London. In May, she released...

series of Supernatural "Wayward Sister" (song), an aria from the opera Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell; see List of compositions by Henry Purcell Search...