Rosalia | Brooklyn Heights

McKinney Chapel at First Unitarian Brooklyn 116 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

Opening with the famous final scene from Dido and Aeneas, where Dido states, ‘Remember me! but ah! forget my fate’ as roses are scattered over her tomb, Repast’s Rosalia memorializes remembrance. Rosalia, the Roman Festival of Roses, was a day of rose adornment on the tombs of the dead as mourners reflected on the ways … Continue reading Rosalia | Brooklyn Heights

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