Didone abbandonata
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Didone abbandonata is an 18th-century opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, based on the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas from classical mythology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century libretto
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opera libretto ⓘ |
| author | Pietro Metastasio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dido and Aeneas
NERFINISHED
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classical mythology ⓘ |
| character |
Araspe
NERFINISHED
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Didone NERFINISHED ⓘ Enea NERFINISHED ⓘ Iarba NERFINISHED ⓘ Osmida NERFINISHED ⓘ Selene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely set by 18th-century composers ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenue | Teatro San Bartolomeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1724 ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of Metastasio's most frequently set libretti ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Virgil's Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Pietro Metastasio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Italian opera seria ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aeneas
NERFINISHED
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Dido NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motif |
betrayal in love
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heroic duty ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | suicide of Dido ⓘ |
| notableComposerSetting |
Baldassare Galuppi
NERFINISHED
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Domenico Sarro NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Adolph Hasse NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonardo Vinci NERFINISHED ⓘ Niccolò Jommelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicola Porpora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| setting | Carthage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| theme |
abandonment
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duty versus passion ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
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