Dido that Iarbas had specifically requested Dido as wife. Dido was trapped by her words. Still, she preferred to stay faithful to her first husband and after creating a ceremonial funeral pyre and sacrificing many victims to his spirit in pretense that this was a final honoring of her first husband in preparation for marriage to Iarbas, Dido ascended the pyre, announced that she would go to her husband as they desired, and then slew herself with her sword. After this self-sacrifice Dido was deified and was worshipped as long as Carthage endured. In this account, the foundation of Carthage occurred
Dido and Aeneas performed by students of the Royal College of Music at London's Lyceum Theatre to mark the bicentenary of Purcell's death. "Dido and Aeneas" received its first performance outside England on 14 December 1895 in a concert version at the University Society in Dublin. "Dido and Aeneas" premiered in the United States at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 10 February 1923 performed by the girls of the Rosemary School, although "The New York Times" noted that "considerable liberties" had been taken with the score. A concert version with professional musicians organised by the Society of Friends of Music