Keeping Dido

After watching Dido, your sister, suffer for many lonely years under the burdens of ruling, and even building, the great city of Carthage, you've urged her to accept the only lover who seems to interest her. He's Aeneas, an exiled Trojan prince, and he's openly proclaimed his undying love. Dido seemed receptive to your urging, but was it really a good idea to promote the amorous ambitions of an epic wanderer?

Based on the opera by Nahum Tate (1652-1715) and Henry Purcell.