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O let me weep

Opera details:

Opera title:

The Fairy-Queen

Composer:

Henry Purcell

Language:

English

Synopsis:

The Fairy-Queen Synopsis

Libretto:

The Fairy-Queen Libretto

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Aria details:

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aria

Role(s):

Soprano

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Act:

5.02

Previous scene: Thrice happy lovers
Next scene: Entry dance

O let me weep (Purcell) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

The Plaint - O let me weep

from The Fairy Queen, Z629 (1692)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
London Classical Players with Roger Norrington, direction

O let me weep, forever weep,
My Eyes no more shall welcome Sleep;

I'll hide me from the sight of Day,
And sigh, and sigh my Soul away.

He's gone, he's gone, his loss deplore;
And I shall never see him more.

This recording of The Fairy Queen was made subsequent to the performance of the work at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 21 November 1993, as part of The South Bank Centre’s ‘Purcell Experience’.

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