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Dido and Aeneas

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Dido and Aeneas
with the gods demanding his departure, she commits suicide. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid; Fr. Opera: Berlioz, The Trojans, Westerman, 174–176]

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With Rameau's Platee, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and last year's production of the latter's King Arthur under his belt, Morris is the veteran opera director of the group.
It is explained that this allusion is related to the topic of mutability ("the mortal tragedy embedded in the allusion to Dido and Aeneas problematizes the fecundity so apparent within the hive"; 107).
Walker has since sung roles in Handel's Rinaldo in Munich, Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria with New York City Opera, and the drag role of the Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
 
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