Sandrine Piau: Dido's aria, Holzbauer (Der Tod der Dido)

Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783)

'Der Tod der Dido' (1779/1780)
Opera in 1 act

First there was an Italian opera
'La morte di Didone' (1779) that he
later (1780) revised in German.

Libretto: Anton Klein after Metastasio
(Most of it seems to be a faithful,
word by word translation)

Dido's aria
'So durch den Herz die Liebe'

Stereo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNhxDto48Bw&fmt=18

Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Barockorchester Stuttgart

Live recording (1997)

Playlist with other clips from this opera:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6AE9ACD60503365A

Category:

Music

Tags:

• holzbauer
• dido
• piau
• bernius
• opera
• seria
• soprano

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Yep- this opera is most definitely one of the best out there, as far as I'm aware.

Why haven't I heard of this guy before, though? He did compose excellent music.

[Thrax1982]

I'm quite fond of this aria in particular, it may very well be the best aria on my channel. I'm always "in love" with my latest upload so that may cloud my judgment a bit though.

Anyway, it's certainly in top 3 or top 5

:D

[Thrax1982]

Help me with the first line here. Is it 'So durch den Herz die Liebe'?

Anyway, I have a feeling that the text

for this aria is based on Metastasio's

'Va lusingando Amore' but I'm not sure.

I don't know any of the languages involved

well enough.

[thebarroque]

Yes the first line is: So durch den Herz die Liebe...Great Piau =)

[Thrax1982]

Thanks!

I'll be asking the same question quite a few times

in the next week or so. So brush up your German. :D

[thebarroque]

I'll do my best =D