Two violins play "Row Well, Ye Mariners" as drunken sailors dance in Act II of this opera, which ends with a chorus of courtiers singing "With drooping wings, ye cupids come." A ritornello begins this opera's Grove scene, and
Two violins play "Row Well, Ye Mariners" as drunken sailors dance in Act II of this opera, which ends with a chorus of courtiers singing "With drooping wings, ye cupids come." A ritornello begins this opera's Grove scene, and it diverges from its source material by including witches, who hatch a plot in its Cave scene. One protagonist of this work asks her sister (*) Belinda for her hand before saying that "darkness shades me" and asking her to "Remember me, but ah, forget my fate." This opera makes extensive use of ground bass, including in its final aria, When I am laid in earth, its first title character's namesake lament. For 10 points, name this opera by Henry Purcell about a Roman hero's dalliance with a Carthaginian queen.
Two violins play "Row Well, Ye Mariners" as drunken sailors dance in Act II of this opera, which ends with a chorus of courtiers singing "With drooping wings, ye cupids come.
{Dido} and {Aeneas}