Dido, Queen of Carthage
Dido, queen of Carthage, loves Aeneas but refuses to marry Iarbas. Aeneas leaves for Italy after his father’s ghost reminds him of his duty; as Carthage is besieged, Dido dies amid the flames.
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Dido, queen of Carthage, loves Aeneas but refuses to marry Iarbas. Aeneas leaves for Italy after his father’s ghost reminds him of his duty; as Carthage is besieged, Dido dies amid the flames.
This two-act comic opera follows intrigues among a jealous, quarrelling aristocratic couple and their servants.
A two-act Italian opera buffa adapted from Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
Newlyweds Casimiro and Eginia are unhappy: Eginia still loves Artidoro, who now loves Casimiro’s sister Enrichetta. Rosmondo dislikes Eginia, and Valente spreads false rumors to avenge Enrichetta’s rejection. Eginia tries to run away, but the act-two finale exposes Valente’s plot and the newlyweds agree to renew their marriage.
Three-act French adaptation of Stephen Storace’s opera, with a new libretto by Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson. The reviewed entry gives no version-specific plot synopsis.
Shipwrecked Frederick and Robin reach farmer George Crop’s home. Frederick had pretended to be poor and was rejected by Crop’s daughter Louisa; he later disguises himself to convince her he died at sea, then reveals himself. Robin loves Margaretta, while Mr. Endless schemes to dispossess Crop and take his wife Dorothy. Robin’s keg from the ship reveals gold, and Margaretta exposes Endless hiding in a sack. Crop and Dorothy reconcile, and Frederick and Louisa reunite.
Lady Elinor loves Sir Palamede, unaware he is Lord William in disguise. William returns to reclaim Oakland Castle after an accusation falsely banished his family and allowed Edmund, now the Baron, to take the estate. Meanwhile, Baron’s son Edward loves Adela, and the couple join the household’s layered disguises; Adela pretends to be Elinor while Elinor presents herself as a lady-in-waiting. The Baron suspects a plot when William’s followers gather. In the tower, William finds his father’s armor and appears in it, prompting the Baron to believe the tower is haunted. As fighting breaks out, William is recognized as the rightful heir. He forgives the Baron, is reunited with Elinor, and Edward and Adela can stop pretending.
Stephen Storace’s three-act English opera, with a libretto by James Cobb, was partly adapted from Storace’s earlier opera Gli equivoci.
An English-language comic pasticcio opera set during the Siege of Belgrade, with Turkish forces, an Austrian commander and Serbian villagers among its characters. Its plot is not summarized here.
Dido, queen of Carthage, loves Aeneas but refuses to marry Iarbas. Aeneas leaves for Italy after his father’s ghost reminds him of his duty; as Carthage is besieged, Dido dies amid the flames.
This two-act comic opera follows intrigues among a jealous, quarrelling aristocratic couple and their servants.
A two-act Italian opera buffa adapted from Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors.
Newlyweds Casimiro and Eginia are unhappy: Eginia still loves Artidoro, who now loves Casimiro’s sister Enrichetta. Rosmondo dislikes Eginia, and Valente spreads false rumors to avenge Enrichetta’s rejection. Eginia tries to run away, but the act-two finale exposes Valente’s plot and the newlyweds agree to renew their marriage.
Three-act French adaptation of Stephen Storace’s opera, with a new libretto by Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson. The reviewed entry gives no version-specific plot synopsis.
Shipwrecked Frederick and Robin reach farmer George Crop’s home. Frederick had pretended to be poor and was rejected by Crop’s daughter Louisa; he later disguises himself to convince her he died at sea, then reveals himself. Robin loves Margaretta, while Mr. Endless schemes to dispossess Crop and take his wife Dorothy. Robin’s keg from the ship reveals gold, and Margaretta exposes Endless hiding in a sack. Crop and Dorothy reconcile, and Frederick and Louisa reunite.
Lady Elinor loves Sir Palamede, unaware he is Lord William in disguise. William returns to reclaim Oakland Castle after an accusation falsely banished his family and allowed Edmund, now the Baron, to take the estate. Meanwhile, Baron’s son Edward loves Adela, and the couple join the household’s layered disguises; Adela pretends to be Elinor while Elinor presents herself as a lady-in-waiting. The Baron suspects a plot when William’s followers gather. In the tower, William finds his father’s armor and appears in it, prompting the Baron to believe the tower is haunted. As fighting breaks out, William is recognized as the rightful heir. He forgives the Baron, is reunited with Elinor, and Edward and Adela can stop pretending.
Stephen Storace’s three-act English opera, with a libretto by James Cobb, was partly adapted from Storace’s earlier opera Gli equivoci.
An English-language comic pasticcio opera set during the Siege of Belgrade, with Turkish forces, an Austrian commander and Serbian villagers among its characters. Its plot is not summarized here.