Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Dido and Aeneas

The layout of this page is adapted from Purcell's Works: Operas and Semi-Operas.

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Z626 Opera (1689)
Dido and Aeneas [N Tate]
1 Overture | CMA_Ikenoue | Dardel
-Act 1-
2a Aria Shake the cloud from off your brow {S (Belinda)}
2b Chorus Banish sorrow, banish care {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
3 Aria and Ritornello Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment {S (Dido)} | CMA_Ikenoue
4 Duet (dialogue) Grief increases by concealing {SS}
5 Chorus When monarchs unite {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
6 Trio (dialogue) Whence could so much virtue spring? {SSS}
7 Duet and Chorus Fear no danger {SS,chor} | Alexa | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
? Dance
8 Trio (dialogue) See, your royal guest appears {SST}
9 Chorus Cupid only throws the dart {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
10 Aria If not for mine {T (Aeneas)}
11 Prelude and Aria Pursue thy conquest, love {S (Belinda)} | Alexa
? A dance gittars chacony
12 Chorus To the hills and the vales {chor} | Alexa | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
13 The triumphing dance
-Act 2-
14 Prelude and Aria Wayward sisters {S (Sorceress)} | Alexa
15 Chorus Harm's our delight {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
16 Aria The queen of Carthage, whom we hate {S (Sorceress)}
17-20 Chorus and Dialogue Ho ho ho! {SSS,chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten | But ere we this perform | NWC
21 Chorus In our deep vaulted cell {S (echo),chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
22 Echo dance of the furies {str}
23 Ritornello {str}
24a-24b Aria and Chorus Thanks to these lonesome vales {S (Dido),chor} | Silvis_Straaten
24c Gittar ground- a dance {gui}
25a Aria Oft she visits this lone mountain {S (Second Woman)}
25b Ritornello A Dance to entertain Aeneas by Dido's Women {str}
26 Aria Behold, upon my bended spear {T (Aeneas)}
27 Aria and Chorus Haste, haste to town {S (Belinda),chor} | Silvis_Straaten
28 Duet (dialogue) Stay, Prince {ST}
28c Dance?
-Act 3-
29 Prelude and Aria Come away, fellow sailors {(First Sailor), chor} | CMA_Masserano | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
30 The sailor's dance {str}
31 Trio (dialogue) See the flags and the streamers curling {SSS} | CMA_Masserano
32 Aria Our next motion {S (Sorceress)}
33 Chorus Destruction's our delight {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
34 The witches' dance {str}
35a Aria Your counsel all is urg'd in vain {S (Dido)}
35b? Trio (dialogue) See, madam where the Prince appears {SST}
36 Chorus Great minds against themselves conspire {chor} | NWC
37 Aria Thy hand Belinda, darkness shades me {S (Dido)}
38 Ground, Aria and Ritornello When I am laid in earth {S (Dido)} | Alexa | CMA_Drum | CMA_Dufour | CMA_Fu | CMA_Harshman
39 Chorus With drooping wings {chor} | NWC | Silvis_Straaten
40 All that we know the angels do above {str}Epilogue