fātō profugī

fātō profugī (refugees from fate) is an opera scene that sets excerpts of the original Dido and Aeneas story from Vergil’s Aeneid in their original classical Latin. fātō profugī makes reference to various other musical works that are either related to, resonant with, or descended from this text, including Carmen by Georges Bizet, “Lamento della Ninfa” by Claudio Monteverdi, my own "Lament" for string quartet, and Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. References to these works and to the networks of meaning associated with them create a musical discourse which enables a contemporary reevaluation of this ancient text (and, by extension, other related texts).

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