Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's "Aeneid". It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for
Fell in Love with a Girl covered the song, retitled "Fell in Love with a Boy", for her debut studio album, "The Soul Sessions" (2003). It was released on January 26, 2004 as the album's lead single. The single received mostly positive reviews from critics. Dorian Lynskey of "The Guardian" raved that "Fell in Love with a Boy" is the best track from "The Soul Sessions" as well as "the freshest and most deliciously inauthentic." "PopMatters" reviewer Jason MacNeil commented that Stone gives the song "a groove-riddled, funky hip-shaker that never loses momentum." "Rolling Stone" said the tune sounded like "a lost Memphis-soul classic." However, Jim