"Adieu, fière cité"

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"Adieu, fière cité" is a poignant farewell aria sung by the character Didon in Hector Berlioz’s grand opera *Les Troyens*, expressing her sorrow and resignation as she bids goodbye to Carthage.

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"Adieu, fière cité" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
vocal solo ⓘ
basedOn Aeneid ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid
basedOnWorkBy Virgil ⓘ
characterContext Didon, Queen of Carthage ⓘ
linked to: Queen of Carthage
composer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticFunction farewell aria ⓘ
lament ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfParentWork 1863 ⓘ
genre opera aria ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Hector Berlioz ⓘ
narrativeMoment Didon bids farewell to Carthage ⓘ
notableRoleType French grand opera mezzo-soprano role excerpt ⓘ
operaActContext second part of Les Troyens ⓘ
operaSectionContext Les Troyens: Les Troyens à Carthage ⓘ
linked to: Les Troyens
originalLanguage French ⓘ
parentWorkComposer Hector Berlioz ⓘ
parentWorkPremiereLocation Paris ⓘ
parentWorkTitle Les Troyens ⓘ
partOfWork Les Troyens ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
sungByCharacter Didon ⓘ
linked to: Dido
theme farewell to Carthage ⓘ
linked to: L’Adieu

resignation ⓘ
sorrow ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext concert excerpt ⓘ
staged performance of Les Troyens ⓘ
voiceType mezzo-soprano ⓘ

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

Les Troyens → notableAria → "Adieu, fière cité" ⓘ