Information for Dido and Aeneas at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry (Opera or Operetta). The ancient story. Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, first performed in 1689, is inspired by Virgil's account of the myth which follows the burgeoning love of Aeneas, a Trojan prince, and the Queen of Carthage. Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Scots Opera Project unite to produce a Scottish Gaelic and Scots Language version of Purcell's baroque masterpiece, Dido and Aeneas.