| All Artists: Henry Purcell, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Geraint Jones, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Mermaid Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Anna Pollak, Arda Mandikian, David Lloyd, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kirsten Flagstad, Sheila Rex, Thomas Hemsley Title: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Nimbus Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2009 Re-Release Date: 3/10/2009 Album Type: Import Genre: Classical Style: Opera & Classical Vocal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 710357795626 |
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 | Henry Purcell, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Geraint Jones Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Genre: Classical Dido & Aeneas is an opera by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of Carthage Dido and the Trojan... more » |
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Dido & Aeneas is an opera by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is based on a story from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid, of the legendary Queen of Carthage Dido and the Trojan refugee Aeneas. When Aeneas and his crew are shipwrecked in Carthage, he and the queen fall in love. However, Aeneas must soon leave to found Rome. Dido cannot live without him and awaits death.