Teatro del Maggio

“I am a Queen and I am a lover / and I want the Empire for myself / of my throne and of my heart”: these are the words which the poet Pietro Metastasio gave to Dido, the Queen of Carthage. The opera takes inspiration from the myth to present a resolute and proud woman, abandoned by her lover Aeneas, bothered by a suitor - Iarbas - who she does not want, tricked by her sister Anna, who she discovered was Aeneas’s lover, and betrayed by her confidante Osmida. The opera was a great success during the 1724 carnival in Naples, which led to more than 60 different musical versions: Metastasio’s libretto was also taken on by Händel, Paisiello and Mercadante. The version proposed here is from 1726 by Leonardo Vinci, considered to be one of the most important interpreters of the Neapolitan operatic school.

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Drama for music in three acts
Music by Leonardo Vinci
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First representation: Rome, Teatro delle Dame, 14 January 1726
Edition by Auser Musici
Transcription by Gioele Gusberti and Alessio Bacci
Musical revision: Carlo Ipata
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First modern-day performance
A co-production with the Teatro Verdi of Pisa

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