When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)

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:

Also known as:	Dido's Lament
Type:	aria
Role(s):	Dido
Voice(s):	Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano
Act:	3.10

Previous scene:	Thy hand Belinda when I am laid
Next scene:	With drooping wings Cupids come

Purcell - Dido and Æneas - When I Am Laid in Earth

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Henry Purcell
Dido and Æneas
III: When I am laid in earth

Sarah Connolly (Dido)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Christopher Hogwood music director

Wayne McGregor choreographer, stage director

Production recorded at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Great Britain in 2009

© Royal Opera House / Opus Arte

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

DIDO
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 in earth,
May my wrongs create
No trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.