Dido and Aeneas is an opera by Henry Purcell, composed around 1689. It is based on Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid and tells the tragic love story of Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan hero.
Goethe Choir: Dido & Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas is an opera by Henry Purcell, composed around 1689. It is based on Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid and tells the tragic love story of Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan hero.