dido and aeneas

 

Leopold Stokowski made a string orchestra arrangement of "Dido's Lament". Dort empfängt ihn die ebenfalls mythische Gründerin von Karthago, Königin Dido. Na het afscheid sterft Dido door de hand aan zichzelf te slaan. DIDO AND AENEAS An opera perform'd at Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School at Chelsey by Young Gentlewomen. When the spell is prepared, the witches vanish in a thunderclap. The Sorceress/Sorcerer is plotting the destruction of Carthage and its queen, and summons companions to help with evil plans. Dido fell in love with Aeneas after his landing in Africa, and Virgil attributes her suicide to her abandonment by him at the command of Jupiter. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. A Sorceress, who hates Dido, plots to separate them by creating a storm and sending one of her servants, disguised as Mercury, to urge Aeneas to return home straight away, forsaking Dido. Dido and Aeneas premiered in the United States at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on 10 February 1923 performed by the girls of the Rosemary School, although The New York Times noted that "considerable liberties" had been taken with the score. Carthago, na de Trojaanse oorlog. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. Here he fell in love with the Queen, Dido. Akte II Scène I In een grot. Surrounded by her attendants in her court, Dido, Queen of Carthage, is inconsolable. Het koor zingt over de triomf van de liefde. Aeneas komt terug en wordt met woede bejegend door Dido omdat hij haar zo maar in de steek wil laten. Aan de kade van Cartago maken de zeelieden Aeneas` schip klaar voor vertrek. The prologue, the end of the act 2 'Grove' scene, and several dances, were almost certainly lost when the opera was divided into parts to be performed as interludes between the acts of spoken plays in the first decade of the eighteenth century.[9]. [17] A concert version with professional musicians organised by the Society of Friends of Music took place on 13 January 1924 at the New York City Town Hall, using a score edited by Artur Bodanzky, who also conducted the performance.[18]. Handlung. Aeneas was his name, and he was a Prince of Troy. See Price (1984) p. 247, The original score was written for tenor, but is often performed by high, Price and Cholij, ‘Dido's Bass Sorceress’, The part was originally played by a woman, although as early as 1700 the part was customarily played by a tenor. The Mark Morris dance version of the opera is also preserved on DVD (recorded 1995, Image Entertainment 8741) as is the dance version by Sasha Waltz (recorded 2005, Arthaus Musik 101311). Dido and Aeneas (/ˈdaɪdoʊ/ "Dy-doh and eh-Nee-us") is a three-act English opera.The story and words were written by Nahum Tate.The music was written by Henry Purcell.The opera was probably written about 1684-1685. De scène eindigt met een triomfantelijke dans. CD: [Dido & Aeneas (Decca, DDD, 1992) Henry Purcell (1659-1695) M. Hengelbrock in FonoForum 11 / 94: "Es ist dies vielleicht die beste CD, die Hogwood je aufge- nommen hat, ungemein dramatisch, zugleich aber auch äußerst feinsinnig und von erlesener Klangkultur." Carthago, mythische tijd. This is all stopped when Dido hears distant thunder, prompting Belinda to tell the servants to prepare for a return to shelter as soon as possible. Eenmaal verlaten door Aeneas vindt ze hem alleen maar laf omdat hij zich op het laatste moment heeft bedacht. With Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Rebecca Evans, Sally Burgess. Preparations are being made for the departure of the Trojan fleet. Akte I Dido`s paleis. Known to have been part of the score, it is now performed as a dance taken from other, similar works by Purcell, or invented outright in the same vein, to keep the integrity and continuity of the performance. The sailors sing a song, which is followed shortly by the Sorceress and her companions' sudden appearance. Dido and Aeneas, Oper in drei Akten von Henry Purcell, Libretto von Nahum Tate nach der „Aeneis“ von Vergil, Musikalische Leitung: Andrea Sanguineti, Inszenierung und Bühne: Ben Baur, Kostüme: Uta Meenen, Choreinstudierung: Jens Bingert, Choreografische Mitarbeit: Julia Schalitz, Dramaturgie: Christian Schröder Price, Curtis and Irena Cholij, ‘Dido's Bass Sorceress’. It has also been transcribed or used in many scores, including the soundtrack to the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (renamed "Nixon's Walk"). The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. Na de ouverture vraagt Belinda, haar zus Dido om haar zorgen te vergeten. [7], No score in Purcell's hand is extant, and the only seventeenth-century source is a libretto, possibly from the original performance. He then goes off-stage to prepare for his departure from Carthage. [6] The work is scored for four-part strings and continuo. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Belinda zegt dat juist door het verbergen van de liefde, deze alleen maar groter wordt. [22] It has since been performed many times and was filmed in 1995 by Canadian director Barbara Willis Sweete, with Morris in the roles of Dido and the Sorceress. Ook als Aeneas zich bedenkt en aankondigt om bij Dido te blijven is zij onverbiddelijk. Aeneas beschrijft welke gevaren hij heeft getrotseerd en overtuigt Dido van zijn liefde. Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3, Scene 2: Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus) - Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices 4 ) Henry Purcell ( 1659 - 1695 ) p p Mine p ad-mits of no re veal - … A lot of action is going on, with attendants carrying goods from the hunt and a picnic possibly taking place, and Dido and Aeneas are together within the activity. Aeneas houdt ook van Dido. In both the Morris and the Waltz adaptations, the characters are each portrayed by both a singer and a dancer, with the dancers onstage and the singers performing from the side of the stage or the orchestra pit. They define his life and his art", BBC Radio 4 programme about "Dido's Lament", International Music Score Library Project, Free Online opera guide on Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dido_and_Aeneas&oldid=1018060358, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Wikipedia articles with multiple identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Holst, Imogen, "Purcell's librettist, Nahum Tate". „Dido and Aeneas“ ist im Original nur für Streicher und Continuo geschrieben. Afschuwelijke muziek) Akte III Scène I De kade. Aeneas reist naar Troje. A monumental work in Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas is remembered as one of Purcell's foremost theatrical works. The first of the arias to be published separately was "Ah, Belinda" in Orpheus Britannicus. Dido B. Basso Hrpscd Editor: John Henry Fowler Andante ( Revision: 6-15-2006 ) p Trio - Dido - Belinda - 2nd Woman Dido and Aeneas ( Mvmt. Scene 2: A grove during the middle of a hunt. In de zeven jaar die hij onderweg is doet hij o.a. Dido and Aeneas is a dance adaptation of Henry Purcell’s 1689 eponymous opera, based on Virgil's famous tale of Aeneas' affair with Dido, the Queen of Carthage on his way to founding Rome. As new critical editions of the score appeared, and with the revival of interest in Baroque music, the number of productions steadily increased. In Rome moet hij zorgen voor zijn nageslacht en een nieuw rijk stichten. Dido is Purcell's only true opera. Purcells opera Dido and Aeneas vertelt het verhaal van koningin Dido en haar liefde voor de held Aeneas. In his speech to Dido in Book 4, however, he is suddenly depicted in a far more negative light. Scène II Dido`s paleis. Het koor eindigt met een rouwlied voor Dido. Première. The chorus join in with terrible laughter, and the Enchantresses decide to conjure up a storm to make Dido and her train leave the grove and return to the palace. Others who have recorded it include Matthias Bamert, José Serebrier, Richard Egarr and Iona Brown. Dido and Aeneas has been recorded many times since the 1960s with Dido sung by mezzo-sopranos such as Janet Baker (1961), Tatiana Troyanos (1968), Teresa Berganza (1986), Anne Sofie von Otter (1989) and Susan Graham (2003). With drooping wings. After Dido forces Aeneas to leave, she states that "Death must come when he is gone." 'Dido And Aeneas (Complete)' van verschillende artiesten bestaat uit één klassieke opera cd. Er wordt vrolijk (en enigszins op een ruwe manier) gezongen over het op handen zijnde vertrek uit Carthago. Kevin Duggan conducted. Londen op 30-04-1689. The same symbolism may apply to the opera. Gitter Ground A Dance SECOND WOMAN [19] In 2011 the opera was revived by City Wall Productions and set during World War II. In a poem of about 1686, Tate alluded to James II as Aeneas, who is misled by the evil machinations of the Sorceress and her witches (representing Roman Catholicism, a common metaphor at the time) into abandoning Dido, who symbolises the British people. Her dying curse on the Trojans provides a mythical origin for the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage. 626)[1] is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. De tovenares roept de heksen bijeen om een vloek uit te spreken over Dido (onder begeleiding van de strijkers die een dreigende sfeer scheppen). This pretend Mercury brings the command of Jove that Aeneas is to wait no longer in beginning his task of creating a new Troy on Latin soil. "What's On: Details on Opera North's website, https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/30/arts/music-raising-the-stakes-in-a-purcell-opera.html, "Every inch a diva. Realizing, that her beloved son Aeneas was now absolutely at mercy of Dido and that the devious Juno could take advantage of this situation somehow, she needed to develop a fail-safe. [6] It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. Das Libretto wurde von Nahum Tate nach dem Epos Aeneis von Vergil verfasst. Directed by Peter Maniura. [3] Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. Dido and Aeneas, ACT 1 . Artwork page for ‘Dido and Aeneas’, Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1814 This story comes from Virgil’s Latin poem The Aeneid. Dido and Aeneas was Purcell's first (and only) all-sung opera and derives from the English masque tradition. Zij worden gadegeslagen door de tovenares en haar heksenduo. Before Dido and Aeneas, Purcell had composed music for several stage works, including nine pieces for Nathaniel Lee's Theodosius, or The Force of Love (1680) and eight songs for Thomas d'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment (1688). Dido en Aeneas rusten samen met hun gevolg uit van de jacht. De heksenstorm breekt boven hen los en iedereen vlucht naar de stad, alleen Aeneas blijft achter. My story is of a man torn between love and destiny. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. Die zijn alweer bezig met nieuwe onheilsplannen. 'Dido And Aeneas (Complete)' is mede uitgevoerd door The English Concert And Choir en gedirigeerd door Trevor Pinnock. Wir verwenden eine normale Stimmung, da die modernen Instrumente nicht anders gestimmt werden können. TATE The music composed by Mr. HENRY PURCELL Dramatis Personae DIDO BELINDA TWO WOMEN AENEAS SORCERESS ENCHANTRESSES SPIRIT of the Sorceress (Mercury) Dido's train, Aeneas' train, Fairies, Sailors OVERTURE ACT THE FIRST Scene: The Palace [enter Dido… Ook als Aeneas zich bedenkt en aankondigt om bij Dido te blijven is zij onverbiddelijk. All the characters begin to clear the stage after a dance in three sections, and then disperse. It had its first documented performance in 1689, at … The Haïm recording with Susan Graham as Dido and Ian Bostridge as Aeneas was nominated for the Best Opera Recording in the 2005 Grammy Awards.[31]. [20] A new Opera North production of the opera opened at Leeds Grand Theatre in February 2013. They stop at the grove to take in its beauty. Aeneas komt terug en wordt met woede bejegend door Dido omdat hij haar zo maar in de steek wil laten. Hoewel Aeneas van Dido hield, kwam Mercurius (op aansporing van de goden) naar Aeneas en beval hem te vertrekken. Aeneas enters the court, and is at first received coldly by Dido, but she eventually accepts his proposal of marriage. Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3, Scene 2: Your Counsel all is urg'd in vain (Dido-Belinda-Aeneas) - Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Ian Bostridge/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée 33. [30] Further recordings by conductors and ensembles using this approach include those by Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants (1986); Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert (1989); René Jacobs and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (1998); Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée (2003); and Predrag Gosta and New Trinity Baroque (2004). Dido and Aeneas are accompanied by their train. One of the earliest known English operas, it owes much to John Blow's Venus and Adonis, both in structure and in overall effect.[6]. Narrator. Suddenly Aeneas returns, but Dido is full of fear before Aeneas speaks, and his words only serve to confirm her suspicions. The plan is to send her "trusted elf" disguised as Mercury, someone to whom Aeneas will surely listen, to tempt him to leave Dido and sail to Italy. [16] Dido and Aeneas received its first performance outside England on 14 December 1895 in a concert version at the University Society in Dublin. It was composed no later than July 1688,[2] and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Dido moet sterven, Cartago moet opgaan in vlammen en de Trojanen moeten op zee verdrinken. Amongst the new productions of the opera in 2009, the 350th anniversary of Purcell's birth, were those staged by the De Nederlandse Opera, the Royal Opera, London, the Divertimento Baroque Opera Company, and Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York. Musicologist Ellen T. Harris considers the callousness and cynicism of the song to underline the "moral" of the story, that young women should not succumb to the advances and promises of ardent young men. Dido and Aeneas (Z. Dido and Belinda enter, shocked at Aeneas’ disappearance. The opera opens with Dido in her court with her attendants. Die erste Aufführung fand 1688 oder 1689 in London statt. Although the opera is a tragedy, there are numerous seemingly lighter scenes, such as the First Sailor's song, "Take a boozy short leave of your nymphs on the shore, and silence their mourning with vows of returning, though never intending to visit them more." Aeneas was a Prince who fled Troy at the end of the Trojan War and was shipwrecked in Carthage, on the coast of North Africa. The prologue refers to the joy of a marriage between two monarchs, which could refer to the marriage between William and Mary. Purcell jouait lui-même du clavecin et les élèves du pensionnat exécutaient les danses que le compositeur avait ajoutées à l'opéra. Deze klassieke opera cd is gecomponeerd door Purcell. She figured that nothing and nobody, not even Juno, would be able to force Dido to betray Aeneas if they were in love. Aeneas consents to the wishes of what he believes are the gods, but is heart-broken that he will have to leave Dido. When that city was destroyed by the Greek Army, he fled from the flames carrying his old father on his back, and with his son at his side. Hij krijgt een vreemd visioen waarin de (nagebootste) god Mercurius hem verzoekt Dido te verlaten en snel naar Rome te gaan. He also composed songs for two plays by Nahum Tate (later the librettist of Dido and Aeneas), The Sicilian Usurper (1680) and Cuckold-Haven (1685). It is played annually by a military band at the Cenotaph remembrance ceremony, which takes place on the Sunday nearest to 11 November (Armistice Day) in London's Whitehall. Dido and Aeneas ist eine Oper in drei Akten von Henry Purcell. Zij haten Dido, en broeden het plan uit om de jachtpartij die voor het huwelijk zal worden gehouden te verstoren door een donderbui. Pinnock, Andrew, ‘Deus ex machina: A royal witness to the court origin of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.’ Early Music, 40 (2012): 265–278. Beginning with two pioneering recordings of the work with original instruments: Joel Cohen's 1979 recording with the Boston Camerata, on Harmonia Mundi, and Andrew Parrott's 1981 recording for Chandos with the Taverner Consort and Players, there was an increasing preference for a more genuine period sound. De heksen vieren hun overwinning met een woeste dans. After Jonathan Miller's visit to Bornholm, Denmark, Dido was performed in 2007 at the Rønne Theatre, which had been built in 1823. Scène II Dido`s paleis. Zij hoopt dat Dido en Aeneas zullen trouwen. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Cart… Dido neemt afscheid van haar getrouwe Belinda zingt haar klaagzang When I am laid in eart, en met de woorden "Remember me" steekt zij zich dood en sterft. D'une durée d'une heure environ, l'opéra fut représenté pour la première fois en 1689 à la Boarding School for Girls, à Chelsea1, un quartier de Londres. Dido is distraught and Belinda comforts her. The fact that the libretto from the Chelsea School performance indicates two dances for guitar, the "Dance Gittars Chacony" in act 1, and the "Gittar Ground a Dance" in the 'Grove' scene of act 2, has led one scholar to suggest that Purcell envisaged a guitar as a primary member of the continuo group for the opera. (begeleid door een echokoor, met donder en bliksem. Romantische opera in 3 aktes (Engels) Plaats en tijd. Dido, the queen of Carthage, falls in love with Aeneas, the Trojan prince, whilst offering him safe harbour on his journey home. Enter Aeneas, Dido, Belinda, and their train Ritornelle (Orchestra) BELINDA repeated by Chorus Thanks to these lovesome vales, These desert hills and dales, So fair the game, so rich the sport, Diana's self might to these woods resort. "Dido's Lament" has been performed or recorded by artists far from the typical operatic school, such as Klaus Nomi (as "Death"), Ane Brun and Jeff Buckley. Met veel spijt in zijn hart voldoet hij aan dit verzoek. The group is pleased at how well their plan has worked, and the Sorceress sings a solo describing her further plans for the destruction of Aeneas "on the ocean". Opposites attract dancer Mark Morris. [21] Opera Up Close performed a truncated version in 2011, setting it in an American high school in the 1950s. Dido and Aeneas: a synopsis in pictures 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell documents the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Prince of Troy, Aeneas. [6] It was also Purcell's only true opera, as well as his only all-sung dramatic work. Dido und Aeneas in Karthago. Daarop vertrok Aeneas naar Latium in Italië. [4][5] The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. Dido berust in haar lot. Dido moet sterven, Cartago moet opgaan in vlammen en de Trojanen moeten op zee verdrinken. [6] The most famous aria of the work is "When I am laid in earth", popularly known as "Dido's Lament". A lot of action is going on, with attendants carrying goods from the hunt and a picnic possibly taking place, and Dido and Aeneas are together within the activity. Dido and Aeneas. Hierna pleegde ze zelfmoord door zich neer te steken. The first complete recording of the opera was made by Decca Records in 1935 with Nancy Evans as Dido and Roy Henderson as Aeneas,[29] followed in 1945 by HMV's release with Joan Hammond and Dennis Noble. [12] While the Prologue's music has been lost and has not been reconstructed, several realisations of the opera include a solution to the missing ritornello at the end of the second act. Dido, verliefd op Aeneas wil haar liefde verbergen, omdat ze er niet zeker van is dat de liefde wederzijds is. The earliest extant score, held in the Bodleian Library, was copied no earlier than 1750, well over sixty years after the opera was composed. Belinda is trying to cheer up Dido, but Dido is full of sorrow, saying 'Peace and I are strangers grown'. They stop at the grove to take in its beauty. See Purcell (1971) p. v. Synopsis based on Kobbé (1987) pp. The words made by Mr. NAT. Her sister and confidante, Belinda, and other optimistic courtiers urge her to enjoy her good fortune, but the young widow Dido is anxious. De tweede vrouw hoopt dat Carthago een grootse toekomst tegemoet gaat en dat Troje zal herleven. It would be noble, or at least acceptable, for Aeneas to follow the decree of the Gods, but not so acceptable for him to be tricked by ill-meaning spirits. Both works use the prologue/three acts format and there are similarities between, for instance, Mercury's solo in Didone and the solo "Come away fellow sailors" in Purcell's work. "Z" refers to the Zimmerman catalogue of Purcell's works by the American musicologist, White, Bryan, 'Letter from Aleppo: dating the Chelsea School performance of Dido and Aeneas', 426, White, Bryan, 'Letter from Aleppo: dating the Chelsea School performance of Dido and Aeneas', 417, Pinnock, Andrew, 'Which Genial Day? Aeneas schept op over het zwijn wat hij geschoten heeft. A letter from the Levant merchant Rowland Sherman associates Dido and Aeneas with Josias Priest's girls' school in Chelsea, London no later than the summer of 1688. Kirsten Flagstad, who had sung the role at the Mermaid Theatre in London, recorded it in 1951 for EMI with Thomas Hemsley as Aeneas. [6] This explains the addition of the characters of the Sorceress and the witches, which do not appear in the original Aeneid. In contrast to Dido's emotional outpouring, Aeneas appears evasive and cold, and he seems to imply that he is immune from censure. Dido & Aeneas (1688) by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)English libretto by Nahum Tate based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. De twee hofdames, Belinda, de tweede vrouw en het koor zeggen dat Dido niet bang hoeft te zijn voor gevaar. More on the court origin of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with a shortlist of dates for its possible performance before King Charles II’, Early Music 43 (2015), 199–212, White, Bryan, 'Letter from Aleppo: dating the Chelsea School performance of, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 02:21. Aeneas and his people have found themselves in Carthage after a treacherous sea voyage. His destiny, as decreed by the Gods, is to found Rome, but he has become obsessed with Dido, Queen of Carthage. As every other character leaves the stage, Aeneas is stopped by the Sorceress's elf, who is disguised as Mercury. There are a number of editions with realisations, and the opera's accessibility to amateur performers is a feature that has greatly abetted the growth of its popularity in the latter half of the twentieth century. Maar Aeneas krijgt van een tovenares een verzonnen boodschap waarin de goden hem aanraden zijn reis voort te zetten. Belinda believes the source of this grief to be the Trojan Aeneas, and suggests that Carthage's troubles could be resolved by a marriage between the two.