Opera Cheats: Dido and Aeneas 

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Hilarious! "Forget the whole suicide thing..."

These are so good!

Bluebeard's Castle

Strictly speaking, in the "Aeneid," Dido burns herself atop a pyre of Aeneas' old stuff (the bed they made love in, his clothes, etc...) Then when she sees his boat off in the distance, she picks up his old sword, and stabs herself three times with it (seems like overkill, I mean, she is on fire). The opera shows considerable restraint, and keeps it vague. So it's really up to interpretation how the Queen of Carthage ultimately bites it!

Love it! awesome!

Major crush on the blonde girl narrating the story.

This was amazing! Haha

lol I love it.. Thanks~!

"fine! Go found rome! See if i care!" Lol

By the way, the “witch” is Juno. Just to clarify so that people don’t think it’s a mortal being.

Beldame.

Ring Cycle

Shakespeare loved 'widow Dido'

FAB,

Tosca!

"Forget the whole suicide thing" Hah! Epic!

ELEKTRA!!!!

yea, how about La clemenza di Tito?

Ahahah! *bravo

TOO FUNNY!!!!! But I thought she died of heartbreak? Seriously, I read that she was the first character to die of heartbreak, not suicide.

La clemenza di Tito would be fun.

this is over dramatic poor explanation of it too.