Behold upon my bending spear
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 |
Duet details:
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Aeneas / Dido |
Voice(s): | Tenor or Baritone / Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano |
Act: | 2.12 |
| Previous scene: | Oft she visits this loved mountain |
| Next scene: | Haste haste to town |
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2 Scene 2: "Behold upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido)
Singer(s): Susan Graham Ian BostridgeProvided to YouTube by Warner Music Group
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2 Scene 2: "Behold upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido) · Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Ian Bostridge/Le Concert d`Astrée
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
℗ 2003 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Balance Engineer: Jean Chatauret
Balance Engineer: Jiri Heger
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
Executive Producer: Alain Lanceron
Mezzo-soprano Vocals: Susan Graham
Producer: Daniel Zalay
Tenor Vocals: Ian Bostridge
Composer: Henry Purcell
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Watch videos with other singers performing Behold upon my bending spear:
1 - Deborah York
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Susan Graham
5 - Ian Bostridge
1 - Véronique Gens
7 - Nathan Berg
2 - Janet Baker
6 - Raimund Herincx
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
6 - Thomas Hemsley
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Della Jones
2 - Patricia Kern
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Julianne Baird
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Michael Chance
1 - Rachel Yakar
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Ben Parry
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Sheila Armstrong
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
6 - Barry McDaniel
5 - Alfred Deller
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Maggie Teyte
6 - Thomas Hemsley
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
5 - David Lloyd
6 - Thomas Hemsley
6 - Matthew Baker
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
5 - John Mark Ainsley
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
6 - Thomas Allen
1 - Lynne Dawson
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
6 - Stephen Varcoe
Other videos of the same singers performing Behold upon my bending spear:
1 - Véronique Gens
7 - Nathan Berg
2 - Janet Baker
6 - Raimund Herincx
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
AENEASBehold, upon my bending spear
A monster's head stands bleeding,
With tushes far exceeding
Those did Venus' huntsman tear.
DIDO
The skies are clouded, hark! how thunder
Rends the mountain oaks a sunder.
External links for Behold upon my bending spear
| Sheetmusic for duet |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
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