This man's most famous opera features one of the title characters singing the aria "When I am laid in the Earth" and includes a libretto from future poet laureate Nahum Tate.
He wrote such works as "In Nomine" and "Three Fantasias in Four Parts" for the archaic instrument known as the viol. This man also composed incidental music for the play King Arthur, and wrote the semi-opera The Indian Queen. He may have used an opera by his contemporary John Blow as the model for another work. One of his operas includes the chorus "Now joyn your warbling voices all" and was based on a Shakespeare play, but is entitled The Faerie Queen. This man's most famous opera features one of the title characters singing the aria "When I am laid in the Earth" and includes a libretto from future poet laureate Nahum Tate. For ten points, name this early British composer of the opera is Dido and Aeneas.
He wrote such works as "In Nomine" and "Three Fantasias in Four Parts" for the archaic instrument known as the viol.
Henry {Purcell}