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ReferenceBBM/dido_and_aeneas

Title

Dido and Aeneas

Subtitle / Other TitleOpera in three acts

Date1950-1951

DescriptionOpera realised and edited by Britten and Imogen Holst from the work by Henry Purcell. The text was written by Virgil and Nahum Tate. A production of Dido and Aeneas for the 1951 English Opera Group season was discussed as early as March 1950. The original version of the realization seems to have been prepared by Britten, with practical help from Imogen Holst, who copied the score.

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