Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage

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act of an opera opera

Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage is the second, Carthage-set part of Hector Berlioz’s grand opera *Les Troyens*, focusing on the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cassandra in Hector Berlioz's "Les Troyens"	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	act of an opera ⓘ opera ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Les Troyens à Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ Les Troyens, Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCharacterType	heroic warrior ⓘ queen ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Anna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ascanius NERFINISHED ⓘ Iopas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ Narbal NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	grand opera ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century French opera ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
mainCharacter	Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ Dido NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeSource	books 1 and 4 of the Aeneid ⓘ
notableScene	final death scene of Dido ⓘ love duet of Dido and Aeneas ⓘ
numberOfActsInParentOpera	5 ⓘ
orchestrationBy	Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalComposerIntendedUnityWith	Les Troyens, complete ⓘ
originalCountryOfPremiere	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Les Troyens NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Romantic era ⓘ
periodOfComposition	1856–1858 ⓘ
positionInParentOpera	second part ⓘ
premiereDate	1863 ⓘ
premierePlace	Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereTheatre	Théâtre Lyrique NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	multiple acts ⓘ
subject	Dido and Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ tragic love story ⓘ
theme	duty versus passion ⓘ fate ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
vocalForces	chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ solo voices ⓘ

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Salle Le Peletier → hostedPremiereOf → Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage ⓘ

Jessye Norman → notableRole → Berlioz’s Les Troyens à Carthage ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cassandra in Hector Berlioz's "Les Troyens"