Didone Abbandonata AEC Music and the Louisiana Museum of

and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

By the time the Fantasiestücke was published

Bobby Strickland and Kasim Sulton

with Handel's original instrumentation

which became one of the crucibles of British free improvisation

Didone Abbandonata AEC Music and the Louisiana Museum ofGiuseppe Saverio Mercadante was a contemporary of Donizetti and Rossini, and his prolific output of operas proved influential in founding dramatic techniques that were taken on by Verdi. Set in the ancient and besieged city of Carthage, Didone abbandonata is the dramatic and tragic tale of ill starred lovers whose decisions ultimately place an entire populace in peril. A genuine rarity in the theatre, Didone has strong ties to the 18th century but