Not content with a farcical boymeetsgirl love story, the work is based on book iv of virgils aeneid. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news. Henry purcell dido and aeneas david shemer, conductor shaked bar, dido guy pelc, aeneas zlata khershberg, sorceress einat aronstein, belinda adaya peled, second woman, first witch doron. Reissued to mark colin daviss 80 th birthday, this sublime philips recording of dido and aeneas makes a welcome return to the catalogue. Dame janet baker sings one of the most beautiful arias of all opera, from purcells dido and aeneas. The lyrics are well written and have some great lines. The libretto is by nahum tate, who extracted the story of queen dido and the sailor, aeneas, from virgils aeneid. Based on book iv of virgils epic poem, the aeneid, purcell s opera is his first and only allsung work. There are close to two dozen other versions available, many of them also historically informed. A new colorful production of purcells beguiling score setting to music virgils emotional tale of love.
Didos lament is the aria when i am laid in earth from the opera dido and aeneas by henry. Dramatis personae dido belinda two women aeneas sorceress enchantresses spirit of the sorceress mercury dido s train, aeneas train, fairies, sailors. English baroque composer henry purcell wrote his first opera based on the story of dido, queen of carthage, and the prince of troy, aeneas, based on a. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell disability customer support.
Christina pluhar festival oude muziek utrecht 2015 duration. Henry purcell dido and aeneas with subtitles youtube. Alfred deller if music be the food of love henry purcell, eliana maria orlandini, pubblicato il 02 gen. Purcell s first opera, dido and aeneas, was a monumental work in baroque opera. Banish sorrow fear no danger cupid only throws the dart to the hills and the vales in our deep vaulted cell thanks to these lonesome vales come away fellow sailors great minds against themselves conspire with drooping wings engraving files musicxml, for midi. The incredible voices of countertenor william towers and soprano elizabeth adams, bring to life pergolesis masterpiece, stabat mater. Dido and aeneas henry purcell department of music at. English libretto by nahum tate based on book iv of virgils aeneid. Performed by the daniella theresia at cbcs glenn gould studio in toronto.
Better than please, click here watch in high quality 480p. Didos lament, when i am laid in earth, from purcells opera dido and aeneas, performed on original instruments. Dido and aeneas purcell piano accompaniment mp3 downloads. This release by britains periodinstrument armonico consort goes toward one extreme, but its sheer high spirits are likely to find favor with everyone except for those who like a very sober approach to the opera. This new, period instrument version of purcell s wonderful, brief dido and aeneas shows up in a very crowded field. This gem of the early music canon will be performed in an intimate, nontraditional venue, featuring singers from the bonfilsstanton foundation artists training program. Henry purcell translated the tragedy and emotions of the protagonists into the language of music.
Listen free to henry purcell dido and aeneas overture and act i, act ii and act iii. The first known performance was at josias priests girls school in london no later than the summer of 1688. Principal cast with martin contreras, anthony macy, and noah evans. Ssu opera scenes presents dido and aeneas henry purcell conductorstage directorvocal coach. It was composed no later than july 1688, and had been performed at josias priests girls school in london by the end of 1689. Its a short opera, and a tragedy about the love between dido and aeneas. Purcell dido and aeneas when i am laid in earth youtube. Didos lament dido and aeneas henry purcell youtube. Into virgils story tate introduced some of the more popular elements of baroque opera, including a sorceress. Kirsten flagstad, elisabeth schwarzkopf, eilidh mcnab, arda mandikian, sheila rex, anna pollak. Henry purcell s short opera dido and aeneas, concise and seemingly perfect in its proportions, has the kind of simplicity that stirs disagreement over interpretation. From that time until his death, he was constantly employed in writing music for the public theatres. Licensed to youtube by naxosofamerica on behalf of chandos, and 2 music rights societies.
Read about dido and aeneas, when i am laid in earth by henry purcell and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Lola local opera local artists and panoramic voices present henry purcell s dido and aeneas, a stunningly beautiful 17thcentury baroque masterpiece. An excerpt from act iii of the english opera dido and aeneas by henry purcell. Demonstrating baroque music at its finest and most intense, this provides a fitting partner to the excitement of henry purcells dido. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. Shake the clod from off your brow belinda and more. Piano accompaniments for leisure and professional singing practice. From the album dido and aeneas by henry purcell on. It is an exciting interpretation, recorded shortly after musica ad rhenum had given a very wellreceived performance of it, during for the highly. Dido and aeneas is an opera in three acts by henry purcell with libretto by nahum tate. Free downloads and affordable library of well known classical and traditional public domain music. This twodisc reissue brings us two very different purcell opera recordings from the early seventies. First known performance of dido and aeneas was at a girls school in london july 1688,although there has been speculation that it might have been written for an earlier performance at the court.
Dido and aeneas, when i am laid in earth henry purcell. The opera was not staged again in purcell s lifetime. The key structure in parts of dido and aeneas is unusual and well crafted. The fairy queen, with the english chamber orchestra conducted by benjamin britten. The cast includes ivy cantu making her lola and panoramic voices debut as queen dido and the powerful, wellestablished baritone david small in the role of aeneas. Henry purcell dido and aeneas david shemer, conductor shaked bar, dido guy pelc, aeneas zlata khershberg, sorceress einat aronstein, belinda. Sprung from epic poetry and myth, dido and aeneas is an opulent tale of power and passion between two formidable rulers and the sorceress who toys with their fates. Purcell s dido and aeneas was commissioned by and first performed at josias priests school for young ladies in chelsea. Performed by the ruth asawa san francisco school of the. Soprano 1 shake the cloud from off your brow 4 when monarchs unite 6 fear no danger to ensue soprano i. The chorus sing, asking cupids to scatter rose petals on her tomb.
This one of the most ingenious works of the english baroque was based on the tragic story of dido and aeneas, described in virgils aeneid. Spoilers the beginning of the opera sees dido and aeneas become engaged. Dido and aeneas libretto by nahum tate music composed by henry purcell. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Dido and aeneas is a short opera, which is fast paced in nature. Kym amps soprano, david van asch bass, anna crookes soprano, scholars baroque ensemble. Henry purcell dido and aeneas critical analysis research. Purcell was then at the height of his powers, and following the example set by his former teacher john blows opera venus and adonis in reality, the first genuine english opera in 1683, it was only a matter of time before purcell produced his first great operatic work, dido and aeneas, six years later, itself indebted in no small measure to. First performed in 1689 as a school production, at mr. When i am laid in earth on youtube, elin manahan thomas, with score. Soprano 1 shake the cloud from off your brow 4 when monarchs unite 6 fear no danger to ensue soprano i 6 fear no danger to ensue soprano ii 8 cupid only throws the dart 11 to the hills and the vales 14 harms our delight.
The items in green are the prologue and the overture thereto, and the identified sections together with the guitaraccompanied dance portions in the middle of them. Josias priests boarding school at chelsy by girls, this relatively short length onehour english opera in three acts has a lot of choral singing and dancing. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Listen to dido when i am laid in earth by henry purcell. Dido and aeneas daw 50 by nikolaus harnoncourt and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. These do not seem to be normally playedsung, and do not appear in any of the cds ive listened to. Performed by the ruth asawa san francisco school of. Purcell dido and aeneas bott kirkby ainsley thomas the academy of ancient music chorus the academy of ancient music christopher hogwood. The plot isnt very complicated, but it gets a pass from me because the point is the music and the emotions. Forgive me a sweeping generalisation, but its fair to say that great british operas, prebritten, can be counted on one hand. Print and download in pdf or midi when i am laid in earth. Dido and aeneas was first performed there around december 1689. The honeyed sound of its protagonists josephine veasey whom colin davis also chose as the dido for his recording of berliozs les troyens and john shirleyquirk is offset by a chastesounding helen donath and a superbly. Dec 12, 2010 the english baroque opera, dido and aeneas by henry purcell, was adapted from aeneid by virgil, a classical roman poet, which was written in the late 1st century.
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