As a ten-year-old Hector Berlioz was deeply gripped by Vergil's Aenead, and for years dreamed of a 'grand opera in Shakespearian style' on this theme, which he was not to complete until 1858, under the title of 'Les Troyens' ('The Trojans'). Yet this dre
As a ten-year-old Hector Berlioz was deeply gripped by Vergil's Aenead, and for years dreamed of a 'grand opera in Shakespearian style' on this theme, which he was not to complete until 1858, under the title of 'Les Troyens' ('The Trojans'). Yet this dre