Opera title: | Dido and Aeneas |
Composer: | Henry Purcell |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | Dido and Aeneas Synopsis |
Libretto: | Dido and Aeneas Libretto |
Translation(s): | Deutsch |
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 |
With breathtaking intensity, contralto Ewa Podles sings Dido's Lament in concert in New York January 2001. Maestro Constantin Orbelian conducts the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
(Painting in lieu of video is called _The Death of Dido_ by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1781).
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