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{{Short description|opera by Henry Purcell}}<!-- no repetition of page title--> | {{Short description|opera by Henry Purcell}}<!-- no repetition of page title--> | ||
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{{Infobox musical composition | {{Infobox musical composition | ||
| name = [[Dido and Aeneas]]<!-- use |list_title= if list --> | | name = [[Dido and Aeneas]]<!-- use |list_title= if list --> | ||
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''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' is an Opera by [[Henry Purcell]] set to words by [[Nahum Tate]]. It premiered between 1687 and 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/>. The claim by John Hawkins made in ''The General History of the Science and Practice of Music'' that the opera was first performed in 1675, so Purcell would have been 19 years old at its creation <ref name="Hawkins"/>, a claim that is quoted by G. | ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'' is an Opera by [[Henry Purcell]] set to words by [[Nahum Tate]]. It premiered between 1687 and 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/>. The claim by John Hawkins, made in ''The General History of the Science and Practice of Music'' that the opera was first performed in 1675, so Purcell would have been 19 years old at its creation<ref name="Hawkins"/>, a claim that is quoted by G. Alexander MacFarren, professor of harmony at the Royal Academy of Music and editor of the first printed edition ({{circa}} 1841<ref name="Score"/>), cannot be consolidated and conflicts with the Zimmermann catalogue<ref name="Zimmermann"/> | ||
[[File:Cover dido and aeneas.jpg|thumb|alt=The cover of the edition by the Musical Antiquarian Society edited by McFarren showing the (probably erroneous) date of 1675|The cover of the edition by the Musical Antiquarian Society edited by McFarren showing the (probably erroneous) date of 1675]] | [[File:Cover dido and aeneas.jpg|thumb|alt=The cover of the edition by the Musical Antiquarian Society edited by McFarren showing the (probably erroneous) date of 1675|The cover of the edition by the Musical Antiquarian Society edited by McFarren showing the (probably erroneous) date of 1675]] | ||
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==Roles and premiere cast== | ==Roles and premiere cast== | ||
{| class="wikitable | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Role | !Role | ||
! Voice type | !Voice type | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Dido, Queen of Carthage | |Dido (also known as Elissa), ''Queen of Carthage'' | ||
| | |soprano or mezzo-soprano | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Belinda, Dido's sister | |Belinda, ''Dido's sister and handmaid'' | ||
| | |light soprano | ||
|- | |||
|Second Woman, ''Another Handmaiden'' | |||
|soprano or mezzo-soprano | |||
|- | |||
|Aeneas, ''Trojan Prince'' | |||
|tenor or high baritone | |||
|- | |||
|Sorceress/Sorcerer | |||
|mezzo-soprano, contralto, countertenor or bass | |||
|- | |||
|First Witch/Enchantress | |||
|mezzo-soprano | |||
|- | |||
|Second Witch/Enchantress | |||
|mezzo-soprano | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |Spirit, ''in form of Mercury'' | ||
| | |soprano or countertenor | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |First Sailor | ||
| | |tenor | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |colspan="3"|Chorus, SATB: all members at one point or another represent ''courtiers, witches, cupids, and sailors.'' | ||
| | |}(Table taken from English Wikipedia<ref name="EnglishWiki"/>) | ||
|} | |||
==RSIM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) – OPAC== | ==RSIM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) – OPAC== | ||
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="zebra | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="zebra | ||
! Year | ! Year | ||
! Title | |||
! Album | ! Album | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2021 | | [[2021]] | ||
| "[[When I am laid in earth]]" (Dido's lament) | |||
| [[À sa guitare (Album)]] | | [[À sa guitare (Album)]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|} | |} | ||
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===Concert programs=== | ===Concert programs=== | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="zebra | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="zebra | ||
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! Concert Program | ! Concert Program | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2021 | | [[2021]] ‐ [[2022]] | ||
| "[[When I am laid in earth]]" (Dido's lament) | |||
| [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]] | | [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2006 | |[[2006]] | ||
| "[[Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command]]" | |||
| [[Dido and Aeneas, Théatre du Châtelet]] | | [[Dido and Aeneas, Théatre du Châtelet]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! Year first published/performed | ! Year first published/performed | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2021 | | [[2021]] | ||
| [[When I am laid in earth]] | | "[[When I am laid in earth]]" | ||
| [[À sa guitare (Album)]] | | [[À sa guitare (Album)]] | ||
| Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | | Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2021 | | [[2021]] ‐ [[2022]] | ||
| [[When I am laid in earth]] | | "[[When I am laid in earth]]" | ||
| [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]] | | [[À sa guitare (Concert program)]] | ||
| Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | | Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 2006 (performed) | | [[2006]] (performed) | ||
| [[Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command]] | | "[[Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command]]" | ||
| [[Dido and Aeneas, Théatre du Châtelet]] | | [[Dido and Aeneas, Théatre du Châtelet]] | ||
| Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | | Between December 1687 and summer of 1689<ref name="EnglishWiki"/> | ||
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|archive-date={{date|2021-10-01|MDY}} | |archive-date={{date|2021-10-01|MDY}} | ||
|quote=}}</ref> | |quote=}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Score">{{cite book | <ref name="Score">{{cite book | ||
|last= | |last= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
<ref name="Zimmermann" | <ref name="Zimmermann"> | ||
{{cite web | {{cite web | ||
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Henry_Purcell(Purcell%2C_Henry) | |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Henry_Purcell(Purcell%2C_Henry) | ||
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|archive-date={{date|2021-10-01|MDY}} | |archive-date={{date|2021-10-01|MDY}} | ||
|quote=}}</ref> | |quote=}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Hawkins" | <ref name="Hawkins"> | ||
{{cite book | {{cite book | ||
|last=Hawkins | |last=Hawkins | ||