Ruin'd ere the set of sun
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 |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Sorceress |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.05 |
| Previous scene: | Ho ho ho |
| Next scene: | But ere we this perform |
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (act II) - Kirsten Flagstad; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Thomas Hemsley
Singer(s): Kirsten Flagstad Arda Mandikian Anna Pollak Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Thomas HemsleyHenry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Dido and Aeneas
opera in Three Acts
libretto by Nahum Tate after Virgil's Aeneid
Dido Kirsten Flagstad
Belinda Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
First Lady Eilidh McNab
Second Lady Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Sorceress Arda Mandikian
First Witch Sheila Rex
Second Witch Anna Pollak
Attendant Spirit Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Aeneas Thomas Hemsley
Sailor David Lloyd
Geraint Jones, direttore
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra
London, 1952
act II
Prelude for the Witches
Wayward sisters, you that fright
Harm's our delight
The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate
Ruin'd ere the set of sun?
But ere we this perform
In our deep vaulted cell
Echo Dance of the Furies
Ritornelle
Thanks to these lonesome vales
Oft she visits this lone mountain
Behold.upon my bending spear
Haste, haste to town
Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
The since our Charms have sped
Watch videos with other singers performing Ruin'd ere the set of sun:
2 - Patricia Johnson
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Sophie Karthäuser
2 - Bernarda Fink
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
2 - Elizabeth Bainbridge
2 - Gillian Knight
3 - Helen Watts
2 - Anna Pollak
1 - Deborah York
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
6 - Thomas Hemsley
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Evelyn Tubb
3 - Monica Sinclair
Other videos of the same singers performing Ruin'd ere the set of sun:
2 - Elizabeth Bainbridge
2 - Gillian Knight
2 - Patricia Johnson
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
2 - Patricia Johnson
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Anna Pollak
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Anna Pollak
3 - Monica Sinclair
3 - Monica Sinclair
3 - Monica Sinclair
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
TWO WITCHESRuin'd ere the set of sun?
Tell us, how shall this be done?
SORCERESS
The Trojan Prince, you know, is bound
By Fate to seek Italian ground;
The Queen and he are now in chase.
FIRST WITCH
Hark! Hark! the cry comes on apace.
SORCERESS
But, when they've done, my trusty Elf
In form of Mercury himself
As sent from Jove, shall chide his stay,
And charge him sail tonight with all his fleet away.
CHORUS
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
External links for Ruin'd ere the set of sun
| Sheetmusic for recitative |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this recitative | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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