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Dido and Aeneas : opera in 3 acts /

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A Sorceress and a band of witches plot the destruction of Carthage and its queen, Dido. Dido's tragic fate is sealed when her betrothed, Aeneas, leaves her.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Corporate Authors: Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
Other Authors: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715 (Librettist), Kirkby, Emma (Performer), Nelson, Judith (Performer), Rees, Judith, Van Evera, Emily, Bevan, Rachel, Bonner, Tessa, Noorman, Jantina, Thomas, David, 1943-, Parrott, Andrew
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: London : Chandos, [1984?]
Subjects:
Dido > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Operas.
Aeneas > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Carthage (Extinct city) > Drama.
Description
Summary:A Sorceress and a band of witches plot the destruction of Carthage and its queen, Dido. Dido's tragic fate is sealed when her betrothed, Aeneas, leaves her.
Item Description:Compact disc.
Container title: Dido & Aeneas.
"Produced in connection with the Open University Second level course A203: Seventeenth century England: a changing culture 1618-1689, by Campbell Hughes and Robert Philip of the BBC"--Disc.
First performed in 1689 at Josias Priest's Boarding School, Chelsea.
Pitch: A=403.
Program notes by Richard Luckett inserted in container.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:1 sound disc (56 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : illustrations)
Playing Time:00:56:00