Dido's Lament Aria from "Dido and Aeneas" (Henry Purcell) - Peninsula Teen Opera

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Uploaded by on Jan 30, 2010

"Thy hand, Belinda" recitative followed by "When I am laid in earth..." This is the final soprano aria of the opera "Dido and Aeneas" (Henry Purcell) where Dido dies of a broken heart. Recorded at Los Altos High School in Los Altos, CA.

Dido - Nicole Shorts
Belinda - Samantha Smith

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  • What a voice! Excellent playing too: Very authentic Purcell sound.

    This is a school...?

  • @mangatank The instrumental quartet were professional musicians. The actors were all high school students.

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  • Very moving - it made me cry.

  • so beautiul! thanks for posting. sounds like professionals prefomed this!

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  • Wow! She has a great voice. Really hit home since I'm reading the Aeneid, the book by which Aeneas and Dido the opera was inspired. Dido is such a tragic character and probably difficult to play, so Nicole did a great job. :)

  • @teenopera Nicole Shorts is a high school student too?? This was wonderful!

  • really beautiful performance

  • great job!!!!

  • amazing! :'(

  • Purcell is just too good.

  • had no idea... touched to very core of my... well someone calls that soul.

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