Dido and Aeneas has been one of the most compelling and durable
of the great classical myths. The material the story offers has led
artists, authors and musicians throughout the centuries to
appropriate - and misappropriate - the story for both artistic and
political ends.
Ten distinguished contributors from the fields of Fine Art,
History, English Literature, Classics and Music examine the myth
itself and the way in which it has been re-interpreted by later
authors. The volume opens with a consideration of the theatrical
aspects of Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid, the character of Dido and
the appearances of Mercury, while later interpretations discussed
include the way the image of the Queen has been used in art, a play
by Marlowe, operas by Cavalli and Purcell, and seventeenth-century
English satire.
Michael Burden - the Editor of this stimulating volume - was
Lecturer in Music at New College, Oxford, from 1989, and since1995
has been Fellow in Opera Studies at New College. His research
interests are centred on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music,
particularly English opera.
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