Thy hand Belinda when I am laid
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): | Dido |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano |
Act: | 3.09 |
| Previous scene: | Great minds against themselves |
| Next scene: | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) |
Purcell - Dido & Aeneas - When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament)
Singer: Elin Manahan ThomasPerformed by Elin Manahan Thomas.
Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me
On thy bosom let me rest
More I would, but Death invades me
Death is now a welcome guest.
When I am laid, am laid in earth
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
When I am laid, am laid in earth
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me
but ah! forget my fate
Remember me, but ah!
forget my fate
Watch videos with other singers performing Thy hand Belinda when I am laid:
1 - Emma Kirkby
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Maria Ewing
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Stéphanie d'Oustrac
1 - Christine Schäfer
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Karin Shifrin
1 - Anna Prohaska
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
1 - Evelyn Tubb
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Sonia Theodoridou
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Magdalena Kožená
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
3 - Ewa Podles
1 - Danielle de Niese
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Nancy Argenta
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Carla Maffioletti
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Suzanne Danco
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Elly Ameling
1 - Virginia Rea
2 - Olga Borodina
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Della Jones
2 - Patricia Kern
1 - Gaëlle Méchaly
1 - Sophie Daneman
1 - Véronique Gens
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Julianne Baird
5 - John Mark Ainsley
5 - Michael Chance
1 - Rachel Yakar
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
1 - Sophie Karthäuser
2 - Bernarda Fink
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
2 - Margarita Zimmermann
3 - Nathalie Stutzmann
1 - Patricia Rozario
1 - Rebecca Evans
2 - Maria Ewing
2 - Sally Burgess
Other videos of the same singers performing Thy hand Belinda when I am laid:
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Ann Hallenberg
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Maria Ewing
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Anna Prohaska
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Anna Prohaska
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Virginia Rea
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Elly Ameling
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Olga Borodina
1 - Catherine Bott
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Virginia Rea
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Catherine Bott
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
DIDOThy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.
When I am laid in earth,
May my wrongs create
No trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
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