Didone abbandonata
Music by Tomaso Albinoni · libretto by Pietro Metastasio · premiered 1724 · at Teatro San Cassiano
Didone abbandonata (Dido Abandoned) was an opera in three acts composed by Tomaso Albinoni. Albinoni's music (now lost) was set to Pietro Metastasio's libretto, Didone abbandonata, which was in turn based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid. The opera premiered on 26 December 1724 at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice and was the first time that an opera based on a Metastasio libretto was performed in Venice.
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About the Composer
Tomaso Albinoni is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Tomaso Albinoni
- Artamene (1740)