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Dido and Aeneas

The cave

<- Sorceress

[N. 13 - Prelude for the witches]

Wayward sisters, you that fright

Sorceress
<- Inchanteresses

Say Beldam say what's thy will

[N. 14 - Witches chorus]

[N. 15 - Recitative]

The queen of Carthage whom we hate

[N. 16 - Chorus]

[N. 17 - Recitative]

Ruin'd e're the set of sun?

[N. 18 - Chorus]

Sorceress, Inchanteresses
<- A drunken sailor

(A dance.)

[N. 19 - Duet]

Two Witches, Chorus
But e're we, we this perform

[N. 20 - Chorus]

[N. 21 - Echo dance of furies]

(Enchantresses and Furies dance the echo dance)

The grove.

 
<- Aeneas, Dido, Belinda, Trains, Second woman

[N. 22 - Ritornelle]

[N. 23 - Song and Chorus]

(Gitter ground a dance.)

[N. 24 - Song]

(A dance to entertain Aeneas by Dido's women)

[N. 25 - Recitative]

Behold, upon my bending spear

[N. 26 - Song and Chorus]

Aeneas
Dido, Belinda, Trains, Second woman ->

(The Spirit of the Sorceress descends to Aeneas in the likeness of Mercury)

Aeneas
<- Spirit

[N. 27 - Recitative]

Stay, prince and hear great Jove's command

Aeneas
Spirit ->

But ah! what language can I try

Aeneas
<- Sorceress, Inchanteress

(The groves dance)

Locandina The Prologue Scene: the sea Scene: the grove First Act Scene: the palace Scene: the baske Second Act Scene: the cave Scene: the grove Third Act Scene: the ships