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Oft she visits this loved mountain

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:

2.11

Previous scene: Thanks to these lonesome vales
Next scene: Behold upon my bending spear

Dido & Aeneas - 4 - 3rd Scene (22 - 27)

Singer(s): Elisabeth von Magnus Bernarda Fink Sophie Karthäuser

Dido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell

4/6: 3rd Scene (22-27)
Rotornelle
Song and Chorus: "Thanks to these lonesome Vales"
Song "Oft she visits this loved Mountain"
Recit.: "Behold, upon my bended Spear"
Song and Chorus: "Haste, haste to Town"
Recit:: "Stay Prince"

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)

Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

SECOND WOMAN
Oft she visits this lone mountain,
Oft she bathes her in this fountain;
Here Actaeon met his fate,
Pursued by his own hounds,
And after mortal wounds
Discover'd, discover'd too late.

English Libretto or Translation:

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Full English translation Dido and Aeneas

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