But death alas I cannot shun
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,choir |
Role(s): | Dido |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano |
Act: | 3.08a |
| Previous scene: | Witches dance |
| Next scene: | Great minds against themselves |
Dido & Aeneas - 6a - 5th Scene (33-35)
Singer(s):Dido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
6a/6: 5th Scene (33-35)
Recit.: "Your Counsel, all is urg'd in Vain"
Recit.: "But Death, alas! I cannot shun"
Chorus: "Great Minds against themselves conspire"
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 But death alas I cannot shun:
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Julianne Baird
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Michael Chance
2 - Janet Baker
3 - Monica Sinclair
Other videos of the same singers performing But death alas I cannot shun:
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Teresa Berganza
2 - Teresa Berganza
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
DIDOTo Death I'll fly
If longer you delay;
Away, away!.....
Exit Aeneas
But Death, alas! I cannot shun;
Death must come when he is gone.
CHORUS
Great minds against themselves conspire
And shun the cure they most desire.
DIDO
Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.
When I am laid in earth,
May my wrongs create
No trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Cupids appear in the clouds o'er her tomb
CHORUS
With drooping wings you Cupids come,
And scatter roses on her tomb.
Soft and gentle as her heart
Keep here your watch, and never part.
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