Pursue thy conquest love
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): | Belinda |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 1.11 |
| Previous scene: | If not for mine for Empire's sake |
| Next scene: | To the hills and the vales |
Dido & Aeneas - 2b - 1st Scene (7-12)
Singer(s): Wolfgang Holzmair James Taylor Gerald FinleyDido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
2b/6: 1st Scene (7-12)
Recit.: "See, see, your royal Guest appears"
Chous: "Cupid only throws the Dart"
Recit.: "If not for mine, for Empire's sake"
Air: "Pursue thy Conquest, Love"
Chorus: "To the Hills and the Vales!"
The Triumphing Dace
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 Pursue thy conquest love:
1 - Nuria Rial
1 - Isobel Baillie
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Rebecca Evans
1 - Adele Leigh
1 - Sheila Armstrong
2 - Patricia Johnson
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Julianne Baird
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Michael Chance
1 - Gaëlle Méchaly
1 - Sophie Daneman
1 - Véronique Gens
5 - James Taylor
6 - Gerald Finley
6 - Wolfgang Holzmair
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
6 - Thomas Hemsley
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
Other videos of the same singers performing Pursue thy conquest love:
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Adele Leigh
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
BELINDAPursue thy conquest, Love; her eyes
Confess the flame her tongue denies.
External links for Pursue thy conquest love
| 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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