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) |
Dido & Aeneas - 6b - 5th Scene (36-38)
Singer(s): Elisabeth von Magnus Bernarda Fink Sophie KarthäuserDido & Aeneas
Henry Purcell
6b/6: 5th Scene (36-38)
Recit.: "Thy Hand, Belinda"
Song "When I am laid in Earth"
Chorus: "With drooping Wings"
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 Kövary, Bass (Spirit)
Watch videos with other singers performing Thy hand Belinda when I am laid:
1 - Emma Kirkby
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Maria Ewing
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Stéphanie d'Oustrac
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Christine Schäfer
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Karin Shifrin
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Anna Prohaska
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
1 - Evelyn Tubb
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Virginia Rea
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Sonia Theodoridou
1 - Nancy Argenta
2 - Teresa Berganza
3 - Ewa Podles
2 - Olga Borodina
1 - Elly Ameling
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Della Jones
2 - Patricia Kern
1 - Rachel Yakar
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Elisabeth von Magnus
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
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 - 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
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Maria Ewing
1 - Anna Prohaska
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Christine Rice
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Ann Hallenberg
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Anna Prohaska
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Virginia Rea
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
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.
External links for Thy hand Belinda when I am laid
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