If not for mine for Empire's sake
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): | Aeneas |
Voice(s): | Tenor or Baritone |
Act: | 1.10 |
| Previous scene: | Cupid only throws the dart |
| Next scene: | Pursue thy conquest love |
Watch videos with other singers performing If not for mine for Empire's sake:
5 - Alfred Deller
6 - Peter Glossop
6 - Thomas Hemsley
5 - Ian Bostridge
6 - Russell Braun
6 - Ben Parry
6 - Thomas Meglioranza
6 - Matthew Baker
6 - Barry McDaniel
2 - Patricia Johnson
2 - Teresa Berganza
5 - James Taylor
6 - Gerald Finley
6 - Wolfgang Holzmair
5 - Hervé Niquet
5 - Matthew White
6 - Peter Harvey
5 - David Lloyd
6 - Thomas Hemsley
Other videos of the same singers performing If not for mine for Empire's sake:
6 - Russell Braun
6 - Thomas Hemsley
6 - Thomas Hemsley
5 - David Lloyd
6 - Thomas Hemsley
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
AENEASIf not for mine, for Empire's sake,
Some pity on your lover take;
Ah! make not, in a hopeless fire
A hero fall, and Troy once more expire.
External links for If not for mine for Empire's sake
| 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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