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

Ewa Podleś sings Purcell - Dido's Lament LIVE 2001

Singer: Ewa Podles

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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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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.