Dido's famous lament, 'When I am laid in earth' has long featured in Joyce DiDonato's repertoire - and she has triumphed as the tragic Queen of Carthage in Berlioz's Les Troyens - but it was in early 2024 that she first performed Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas in it's entirety. With Il Pomo d'Oro, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, and a cast including Fatma Said as Dido's companion Belinda, DiDonato toured extensively in Europe. This recording was made in Essen's Philharmonie, where Michael Spyres took the role of Aeneas. The two stars have been through this all before, as Spyres sang Énée to DiDonato's Didon in the prizewinning Erato recording of Les Troyens, conducted in 2017 by the late John Nelson.
28 Act 3: "See, See, the Flags and Streamers Curling" (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch)
29 Act 3: "Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm" (Sorceress)
30 Act 3: "Destruction's Our Delight" (Chorus)
31 Act 3: The Witches' Dance
32 Act 3: "Your Counsel, All Is Urg'd in Vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
33 Act 3: "But Death, Alas! I Cannot Shun" (Dido)
34 Act 3: "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire" (Chorus)
35 Act 3: "Thy Hand, Belinda" (Dido)
36 Act 3: Dido's Lament. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
37 Act 3: "With Drooping Wings" (Chorus)
Dido's famous lament, 'When I am laid in earth' has long featured in Joyce DiDonato's repertoire - and she has triumphed as the tragic Queen of Carthage in Berlioz's Les Troyens - but it was in early 2024 that she first performed Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas in it's entirety. With Il Pomo d'Oro, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, and a cast including Fatma Said as Dido's companion Belinda, DiDonato toured extensively in Europe. This recording was made in Essen's Philharmonie, where Michael Spyres took the role of Aeneas. The two stars have been through this all before, as Spyres sang Énée to DiDonato's Didon in the prizewinning Erato recording of Les Troyens, conducted in 2017 by the late John Nelson.
