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

Dido's Lament - Barbara Bonney

Singer(s): Lynne Dawson Véronique Gens Susan Graham Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Jessye Norman Tatiana Troyanos Barbara Bonney Danielle de Niese Simone Kermes Ann Murray Janet Baker Della Jones Carolyn Watkinson Catherine Bott Emma Kirkby

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A look back at all the wonderful versions of this famous air:
1961 - Janet Baker
1967 - Tatiana Troyanos
1981 - Emma Kirkby
1983 - Ann Murray
1985 - Jessye Norman
1989 - Della Jones
1989 - Anne Sophie von Otter
1990 - Carolyn Watkinson
1992 - Catherine Bott
1993 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
1994 - Emily Van Evira
1994 - Véronique Gens
1998 - Lynne Dawson
2001 - Barbara Bonney
2003 - Susan Graham
2008 - Sarah Connelly
2009 - Simone Kermes
2011 - Danielle de Niese

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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.