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Dido and Aeneas

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Dido and Aeneas

Opera by Henry Purcell (libretto by N Tate, after the Roman poet Virgil), first produced (‘by young gentlewomen’) at Josias Priest's boarding school in Chelsea, London, England, in December 1689.



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With Rameau's Platee, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and last year's production of the latter's King Arthur under his belt, Morris is the veteran opera director of the group.
It is explained that this allusion is related to the topic of mutability ("the mortal tragedy embedded in the allusion to Dido and Aeneas problematizes the fecundity so apparent within the hive"; 107).
Walker has since sung roles in Handel's Rinaldo in Munich, Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria with New York City Opera, and the drag role of the Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
 
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