Whence could so much virtue spring
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 |
Duet details:
Type: | duet |
Role(s): | Dido / Belinda |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or Soprano / Soprano |
Act: | 1.06 |
| Previous scene: | When monarchs unite |
| Next scene: | Fear no danger to ensue |
Dido and Æneas, Z. 626, Act I: Recitative. "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring?" (Dido, Belinda)
Singer(s): Kirsten Flagstad Elisabeth SchwarzkopfDido and Æneas, Z. 626, Act I: Recitative. "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring?" (Dido, Belinda) · The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Purcell: Didon et Énée (Mono Version)
℗ 1953 - BNF Collection 2015
Released on: 1953-01-01
Music Publisher: D.R
Composer: Henry Purcell
Author: Nahum Tate
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
DIDOWhence could so much virtue spring?
What storms, what battles did he sing?
Anchises' valour mix'd with Venus' charms
How soft in peace, and yet how fierce in arms!
BELINDA
A tale so strong and full of woe
Might melt the rocks as well as you.
SECOND WOMAN
What stubborn heart unmov'd could see
Such distress, such piety?
DIDO
Mine with storms of care oppress'd
Is taught to pity the distress'd.
Mean wretches' grief can touch,
So soft, so sensible my breast;
But ah! I fear, I pity his too much.
BELINDA AND SECOND WOMAN
repeated by Chorus
Fear no danger to ensue,
The Hero loves as well as you,
Ever gentle, ever smiling,
And the cares of life beguiling,
Cupid strew your path with flowers
Gather'd from Elysian bowers.
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