Dido and Aeneas

opera by Henry Purcell
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Dido and Aeneas

Summary

Dido and Aeneas is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dido and Aeneas's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • Dido and Aeneas's composer is recorded as Henry Purcell[4].
  • Dido and Aeneas's librettist is recorded as Nahum Tate[5].
  • Dido and Aeneas is associated with the Baroque music movement[6].
  • Dido and Aeneas's genre is opera[7].
  • Dido and Aeneas's based on is recorded as Aeneid[8].
  • Dido and Aeneas's discography is recorded as Dido and Aeneas discography[9].
  • Dido and Aeneas's Commons category is recorded as Dido and Aeneas (opera)[10].
  • Dido and Aeneas's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Dido and Aeneas's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[12].
  • Dido and Aeneas comprises Dido's Lament[13].
  • Dido and Aeneas's catalog code is recorded as 626[14].
  • 1688 marks the founding of Dido and Aeneas[15].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as First Sailor[16].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as First Witch/Enchantress[17].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Second Witch/Enchantress[18].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Sorceress/Sorcerer[19].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Second Woman[20].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Belinda[21].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Spirit[22].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Dido[23].
  • Dido and Aeneas's characters is recorded as Aeneas[24].
  • Dido and Aeneas's has edition or translation is recorded as Dido and Aeneas[25].
  • Dido and Aeneas's date of first performance is recorded as 1688[26].
  • Dido and Aeneas's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dido and Aeneas'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Opera[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0043a9b7-1636-4c76-b73d-a53b323ec89f[29]

Why It Matters

Dido and Aeneas ranks in the top 5% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,404 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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