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 |
Thy hand Belinda...When I am laid in earth
Singer: Ann HallenbergAnn Hallenberg
Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
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Watch videos with other singers performing When I am laid in earth:
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
1 - Emma Kirkby
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Malena Ernman
1 - Patricia Petibon
5 - Andreas Scholl
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Barbara Bonney
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Evelyn Tubb
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Tuva Semmingsen
5 - Carlos Mena
2 - Stéphanie d'Oustrac
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Leontyne Price
2 - Teresa Berganza
1 - Christine Schäfer
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Catriona Morison
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
3 - Maureen Forrester
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Rinat Shaham
2 - Karin Shifrin
1 - Karina Gauvin
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
3 - Ewa Podles
1 - Anna Prohaska
2 - Shirley Verrett
2 - Ann Murray
1 - Victoria de los Ángeles
1 - Renée Fleming
1 - Barbara Hendricks
2 - Vivica Genaux
1 - Maggie Teyte
2 - Camellia Johnson
1 - Lois Marshall
5 - David Hansen
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
1 - Maria Callas
3 - Marian Anderson
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Nancy Argenta
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Marie McLaughlin
2 - Della Jones
2 - Patricia Kern
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Della Jones
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Rebecca Evans
2 - Maria Ewing
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 - Victoria de los Ángeles
2 - Patricia Johnson
1 - Diana Damrau
1 - Maria Callas
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Maria Grazia Schiavo
2 - Ann Hallenberg
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 When I am laid in earth:
1 - Emma Kirkby
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Malena Ernman
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Evelyn Tubb
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
2 - Malena Ernman
2 - Malena Ernman
1 - Emma Kirkby
5 - Andreas Scholl
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Emma Kirkby
2 - Malena Ernman
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
1 - Evelyn Tubb
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Susan Graham
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Patricia Petibon
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Véronique Gens
1 - Leontyne Price
5 - Andreas Scholl
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Christine Schäfer
1 - Leontyne Price
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
2 - Ann Hallenberg
1 - Jessye Norman
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Evelyn Tubb
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Della Jones
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Della Jones
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Della Jones
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
1 - Barbara Bonney
1 - Catherine Bott
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Emma Kirkby
1 - Jessye Norman
1 - Lynne Dawson
1 - Simone Kermes
1 - Véronique Gens
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Della Jones
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
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.
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