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 |
Christine Rice on Purcell's heroine, Dido
Singer: Christine RiceTickets here:
Christine Rice talks about Purcell's tragic heroine, Dido, ahead of a new Academy of Ancient Music production of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas at the Barbican, autumn 2018.
Music:
Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth [Dido's Lament]
from Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, Z.626
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
mezzo-soprano: Christine Rice
director & harpsichord: Steven Devine
leader: Bojan Cicic
Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
August 2018
Music Producer: Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Dave Rowell
Filming (music): Guy Wigmore
Filming (interview): Patrick Allen
Project: Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, 2018
Watch videos with other singers performing The Queen of Carthage:
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Karina Gauvin
1 - Adele Leigh
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Sophie Daneman
3 - Helen Watts
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
6 - Thomas Guthrie
2 - Patricia Johnson
1 - Arda Mandikian
1 - Felicity Palmer
1 - Evelyn Tubb
1 - Madison Nonoa
2 - Jane Berbié
2 - Sally Burgess
3 - Monica Sinclair
1 - Camilla Tilling
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Felicity Palmer
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Rebecca Evans
2 - Maria Ewing
1 - Gaëlle Méchaly
1 - Sophie Daneman
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Patricia Johnson
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Sophie Karthäuser
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
1 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Anna Pollak
6 - Thomas Hemsley
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Edith Coates
Other videos of the same singers performing The Queen of Carthage:
1 - Sophie Daneman
3 - Helen Watts
1 - Arda Mandikian
2 - Jane Berbié
3 - Monica Sinclair
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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