Dido and Aeneas is a Baroque opera composed by English composer Henry Purcell and librettist Nahum Tate in 1689. The principal characters include Dido, the Queen of Carthage, Aeneas, the Trojan Prince and founder of Rome, and the Sorceress.
Aeneas, the Trojan Prince, is shipwrecked on the shore of Carthage where Dido is queen. They fall in love but Aeneas is destined to be the founder of Rome, so he must continue on his quest. Dido, overcome with grief, kills herself in the final scene of this opera.
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