Opera title: | The Fairy-Queen |
Composer: | Henry Purcell |
Language: | English |
Synopsis: | The Fairy-Queen Synopsis |
Libretto: | The Fairy-Queen Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Juno |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 5.01 |
Previous scene: | Next, Winter comes slowly |
Next scene: | O let me weep |
Here are five songs from a 1952 concert in the Netherlands with countertenor Alfred Deller and Gustav Leonhardt at the harpsichord.
I. "Thrice happy lovers" (Fairy Queen)
II. "O lead me to some peaceful gloom" (Bonduca) 3:05
III. "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice" (Fairy Queen) 6:04
IV. "Not all my torments can your pity move" (Gresham Manuscript) 8:11
V. "Music for a while" (Oedipus) 10:30
Link to my Alfred Deller playlist:
"I love, tho' I despair."
(the images used here are not from this concert.)
Sheetmusic for aria | ![]() |
Sheetmusic for opera | ![]() |
MP3's for this aria | on Amazon.com |
DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |