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from Act I of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Dido, Queen of Carthage
Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano
Setting: Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: Dido tells Belinda that she is tormented by something that she will not tell her.
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   | Tessitura: |   | | C4 - F5 | D4 - D#/Eb5 |
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from Act III of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Voice Part: tenor Fach: tenor leggiero
Setting: The Ancient Carthage docks
Synopsis: A sailor tells the rest of his sailor friends to come back to their ship.
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   | Tessitura: |  | | F3 - G4 | G3 - F4 |
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from Act III of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Dido, Queen of Carthage
Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano
Setting: Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: With Aeneas gone back to Rome and Dido dying of grief, Dido asks for Belinda to remember her when she is dead.
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| Tessitura: |  | | G4 - G5 | G4 - D5 |
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from Act II of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Belinda, Dido's maid
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano|soubrette
Setting: A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: It begins to rain and Belinda exclaims that everyone should get to shelter.
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| Tessitura: | | | D4 - G5 | D4 - F5 |
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from Act II of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Voice Part: soprano Fach: soubrette
Setting: A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: Dido's attendant sings of the legend of Diana, who turned a man who saw here bathing into a deer.
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| Tessitura: |  | | G4 - G5 | A4 - F5 |
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from Act III of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: The Sorceress, An evil sorceress
Voice Part: mezzo-soprano Fach: dramatic mezzo
Setting: The Ancient Carthage docks
Synopsis: The sorceress tells of her plans to sink Aeneas's ship.
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| Tessitura: | | | F4 - G5 | F4 - F5 |
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from Act I of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Belinda, Dido's maid
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano|soubrette
Setting: Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: Belinda sees that Dido has fallen in love with Aeneas and asks Love to continue on with its conquest.
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 | Tessitura: |  | | E4 - F5 | G4 - E5 |
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from Act I of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Belinda, Dido's maid
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano|soubrette
Setting: Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: Belinda tries to cheer up Dido, asking her to wipe the sad look from off of her face and think of all the good things she has
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 | Tessitura: | | | D#/Eb4 - G5 | G4 - D#/Eb5 |
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from Act II of the English opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Belinda, Dido's maid
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano|soubrette
Setting: A countryside near Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: Belinda sings of the surrounding countryside's beauty.
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 | Tessitura: | | | G#/Ab4 - G5 | A4 - F5 |
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