Overview
Character Name
Dido
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Range
High Note: G5
Low Note: C4 (middle C)
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Carthage, Ancient Times
Analysis
This role can also be sung by a soprano, as is indicated in the original score, but it is now more commonly cast as a mezzo-soprano. Dido (also called Elissa), the queen of Carthage, falls in love with Aeneas, the Trojan prince. A Sorceress, who hates Dido, plots to
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