In the first act of this opera, one character urges "Pursue thy conquest, love!" and "Fear no danger to ensue."
In the first act of this opera, one character urges "Pursue thy conquest, love!" and "Fear no danger to ensue." This opera ends with cupids being commanded by the chorus "to scatter roses." The penultimate number of this opera is built on a baseline that repeatedly descends chromatically from G to D. In Act 2 of this opera, which includes an "Echo Dance of Furies," a sorceress from a cave summons a "trusted elf" who, disguised as Mercury, commands a character to "stay, (*) Prince." Its third act includes a "Witches' Dance" and a rustic "Sailors' Dance" as the second title character leaves. At the end of this opera, its first title character asks for "Thy Hand, Belinda," and then repeats "Remember me!" in the ground-bass aria "When I am laid in Earth." For 10 points, name this opera by Henry Purcell about a Trojan prince and a queen of Carthage.
In the first act of this opera, one character urges "Pursue thy conquest, love!" and "Fear no danger to ensue."
Dido and Aeneas