In that opera, this character, who bids farewell to her proud home in "Je vais mourir", participates in a pantomime featuring a chorus of nymphs and satyrs, the "Royal Hunt and Storm".
In one work, this character's on-stage death is preceded by a choral funeral march in C-sharp minor, "Dieux de l'oubli". In that opera, this character, who bids farewell to her proud home in "Je vais mourir", participates in a pantomime featuring a chorus of nymphs and satyrs, the "Royal Hunt and Storm". In another opera, the chorus sings "With drooping wings ye Cupids come" to mourn the death of this character, who often sings with her sister and handmaid, (*) Belinda. In that opera, her final song features a chromatically descending five-bar ground bass in G minor, and ends with the plea "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate". That namesake lament sung by her is "When I am laid in earth". For 10 points, name this female protagonist of the last three acts of Berlioz's Les Troyens, who is one of two title characters in the most famous opera of Henry Purcell.
In one work, this character's on-stage death is preceded by a choral funeral march in C-sharp minor, "Dieux de l'oubli".
Dido [or Didon]