The reason for “Dido’s Lament” in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas was because
a. she found out she had a fatal disease
b. her first?born son had died
c. she learned that Aeneas was having an affair
d. Aeneas had to leave Carthage to found Rome
e. Carthage was suffering from a severe drought
ANS: d.
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