Ah! Belinda I am prest
Opera details:
Opera title: | Dido and Aeneas |
Composer: | Henry Purcell |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | Dido and Aeneas Synopsis |
Libretto: | Dido and Aeneas Libretto |
Translation(s): | Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Dido |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano |
Act: | 1.03 |
| Previous scene: | Shake the cloud from off your brow |
| Next scene: | Grief increases by concealing |
Dido & Aeneas - 2a - 1st Scene (2-6)
Singer(s): Elisabeth von Magnus Bernarda Fink Sophie KarthäuserDido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
2a/6: 1st Scene (2-6)
Solo and Chorus: "Shake the Cloud from off your Brow"
Song: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
Recit.: "Grief increases by concealing"
Chorus: "When Monarchs unite"
Duet and Chorus: "Fear no Danger to ensue"
10. Januar 2010
Musikverein, Wien
NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Erwin Ortner)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Bernarda Fink, Mezzosopran (Dido)
Sophie Karthäuser, Sopran (Belinda)
Gerald Finley, Bass (Aeneas)
Wolfgang Holzmair, Bariton (Sorceress)
James Taylor, Tenor (Sailor)
Elisabeth von Magnus, Mezzosopran (2nd Woman, 1st Witch)
Johanna Aschenbrenner, Sopran (1st Woman, 2nd Witch)
Peter Kövari, Bass (Spirit)
Watch videos with other singers performing Ah! Belinda I am prest:
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Romina Basso
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Sophie Karthäuser
2 - Bernarda Fink
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
Other videos of the same singers performing Ah! Belinda I am prest:
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
DIDO
Ah! Belinda,
I am pressed with torment not to be confessed.
Peace and I are strangers grown.
I languish till my grief is known
Yet would not have it guessed.
External links for Ah! Belinda I am prest
| Sheetmusic for aria |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this aria | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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