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 KarthäuserDido & 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 WOMANOft 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.
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