The music this composer wrote for the play Abdelazar was used by Benjamin Britten as the theme of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
One opera by this composer includes the "Frost Scene," in which Osmond demonstrates some magical powers. The music this composer wrote for the play Abdelazar was used by Benjamin Britten as the theme of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. His most famous work was written for performance by a girls' boarding school, features a libretto by Nahum Tate, and contains the aria "When I am laid in earth." For 10 points, name this late seventeenth century English composer of the opera Dido and Aeneas.
One opera by this composer includes the "Frost Scene," in which Osmond demonstrates some magical powers.
Henry Purcell