| Didone abbandonata | |
|---|---|
| Opera seria by Tomaso Albinoni | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Marianna_Bulgarelli.jpg) Marianna Bulgarelli, who created the title role | |
| Librettist | Pietro Metastasio |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Didone abbandonata |
| Premiere | 26 December 1724 Teatro San Cassiano, Venice |
Didone abbandonata (Dido Abandoned) was an opera in three acts composed by Tomaso Albinoni. Albinoni's music (now lost) was set to Pietro Metastasio's libretto, Didone abbandonata, which was in turn based on the story of Dido and Aeneas from the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid. The opera premiered on 26 December 1724 at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice and was the first time that an opera based on a Metastasio libretto was performed in Venice.[1]
- ^ Giazotto (1945) p. 63