Today we are going back to 17th-century England.Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell’s first (and only) opera and contains Dido’s aria “When I am laid in earth”, also known as “Dido’s Lament”. Purcell is often credited with introducing opera to British high society.
Thank you for this article, it's hard to believe this started at a girls' school. I've been singing this piece lately, working to adapt it for a 'non-classical' audience. Wondering if I can somehow include the recit. It has a 'modern' quality to it, as I delve in. . . or at least, lends itself well to that, which is perhaps what Annie Lennox was feeling too in her arrangement. Maybe it's the simplicity that you explore, fits well with modern pop sensibilities? hmmmm
Gorgeous.
I am dying to know more about this school where it premiered. I wonder what the kids at the school thought about it at the time.
Thank you for this article, it's hard to believe this started at a girls' school. I've been singing this piece lately, working to adapt it for a 'non-classical' audience. Wondering if I can somehow include the recit. It has a 'modern' quality to it, as I delve in. . . or at least, lends itself well to that, which is perhaps what Annie Lennox was feeling too in her arrangement. Maybe it's the simplicity that you explore, fits well with modern pop sensibilities? hmmmm