The Queen of Carthage
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): | Sorceress |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano |
Act: | 2.03 |
| Previous scene: | Harm's our delight |
| Next scene: | Ho ho ho |
Dido's Lament Animation Test
Singer: Emma KirkbyMusic: Emma Kirkby - When I am Laid In Earth
In the Roman legend Aeneid, Aeneas's (a Trojan warrior) ship is blown off course, leaving him shipwrecked in Carthage. He and Dido, the queen of Carthage, have a love affair which is disrupted when Aeneas is summoned back to Italy. Heartbroken, Queen Dido orders a large pyre built. On the pyre, she impales herself and is set on fire so Aeneas will see it from the ship. In the opera, she sings this song right before her death.
Watch videos with other singers performing The Queen of Carthage:
1 - Emma Kirkby
3 - Helen Watts
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Thomas Guthrie
1 - Felicity Palmer
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Jane Berbié
3 - Monica Sinclair
1 - Rebecca Evans
2 - Maria Ewing
2 - Bernarda Fink
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
1 - Deborah York
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Edith Coates
Other videos of the same singers performing The Queen of Carthage:
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
SORCERESSThe Queen of Carthage, whom we hate,
As we do all in prosp'rous state,
Ere sunset, shall most wretched prove,
Depriv'd of fame, of life and love!
External links for The Queen of Carthage
| 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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