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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Didone abbandonata canonical 4
La Didone 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century libretto ⓘ
opera libretto ⓘ
author Pietro Metastasio ⓘ
basedOn Dido and Aeneas ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
character Araspe ⓘ
Didone ⓘ
Enea ⓘ
Iarba ⓘ
Osmida ⓘ
Selene ⓘ
circulation widely set by 18th-century composers ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Naples ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Teatro San Bartolomeo ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1724 ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of Metastasio's most frequently set libretti ⓘ
influencedBy Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Pietro Metastasio ⓘ
literaryTradition Italian opera seria ⓘ
mainCharacter Aeneas ⓘ
Dido ⓘ
motif betrayal in love ⓘ
heroic duty ⓘ
narrativeOutcome suicide of Dido ⓘ
notableComposerSetting Baldassare Galuppi ⓘ
Domenico Sarro ⓘ
Johann Adolph Hasse ⓘ
linked to: Johann Adolf Hasse

Leonardo Vinci ⓘ
Niccolò Jommelli ⓘ
Nicola Porpora ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
setting Carthage ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
theme abandonment ⓘ
duty versus passion ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pietro Metastasio → notableWork → Didone abbandonata ⓘ
Giovanni Francesco Busenello → notableWork → La Didone ⓘ
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Giovanni Francesco Busenello → wroteLibrettoFor → La Didone ⓘ
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Francesco Cavalli → notableWork → La Didone ⓘ
subject linked to: Cavalli
linked to: Didone abbandonata
Johann Adolf Hasse → notableWork → Didone abbandonata ⓘ
Niccolò Jommelli → notableWork → Didone abbandonata ⓘ
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi → notableWork → Didone abbandonata ⓘ