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 & Aeneas - 3 - 2nd Scene (13 - 21)
Singer(s): Elisabeth von Magnus Bernarda Fink Sophie KarthäuserDido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
3/6: 2nd Scene (13 - 21)
Prelude fot the Witches
Witches' Chours: "Harm's our Delight"
Recit.: "The Queen of Carthage"
Chorus: "Ho, ho, ho!"
Recit.: "Ruin'd ere the set of Sun"
Chorus: "Ho, ho, ho!"
Duet: "But, ere we this perform"
Chorus: "In our deep vaulted Cell"
Echo Dance of Furies
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 The Queen of Carthage:
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Karina Gauvin
1 - Sophie Daneman
2 - Christine Rice
6 - Thomas Guthrie
3 - Helen Watts
1 - Felicity Palmer
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Jane Berbié
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Rebecca Evans
2 - Maria Ewing
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Gaëlle Méchaly
1 - Sophie Daneman
1 - Véronique Gens
1 - Sophie Karthäuser
2 - Bernarda Fink
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
1 - Deborah York
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Edith Coates
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
Other videos of the same singers performing The Queen of Carthage:
1 - Sophie Daneman
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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