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) |
EVELYN TUBB Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth - 2011
Singer: Evelyn TubbEVELYN TUBB singing the final aria "Thy hand Belinda ... When I am laid in earth" from Henry Purcell's opera "DIDO AN AENEAS", recorded in August 2011 with the Sprezzatura ensemble and Michael Fields.
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.
External links for Thy hand Belinda when I am laid
| 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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