Dido's Lament - Malena Ernman (+lyrics)

La voix du Nord
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Henry Purcell 1659-1695)
From the opera Dido and Aeneas
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
may my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast
Remember me, remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
Remember me, but ah
Forget my fate
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[@BalletschoolEnschede]

perfection!

[@serbianpixie]

Beautiful voice. Moving.

[@nspiliotis]

The vastness of the human soul. The same humans that fight, hate, envy and kill, can also love, care, understand and compose something so deep as an endless sea.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Demons and angels. Neither, and both. Separate, but disaprete Animals wrapped in flesh that demands pleasure and feels pain The dual, eternal struggle of humanity

[@femalealucard8459]

Beautiful❤❤👏

[@Freemindforeverything]

اشکم در اومد به خدا 😥

[@ayseguleverett6924]

18.07.20

[@erwinnaus]

@cooperdogable : i personaly think the performance by catherine bott is as sober as this aria should be. She gives the most dynamic interpertation ....wait for the remember meeeeeeeee @ 2:40 and even more so @ 3:18..you should listen it alone or in the dark..beautifull..

[@filemonybaucis]

@Sastaree Thanks for the answer. But I mean a classical barroque version... How about Nancy Argenta's?

[@naynaymac242]

Love this version but my favorite of all time is leontyne price

[@infradig696]

Dido, as in the Phoenician queen?

[@maureenball6733]

I'd like to know who did the instrumental version used near end of Endeavour, Series 4, Episode 2, "Canticle"

[@ezgideniz5806]

This song was in a dram movie. I can't remember which one it was and it just haunted my mind and driving me crazy. Please! Anyone remember?

[@TheSoundsage]

It was beautifully sung by Cathryn Pope in the 1991 BBC production of Clarissa starring Sean Bean and Saskia Wickham.

[@jessicadawnpena]

@jessicadawnpena Oh my gosh, really? Yeah that was me! Haha gotta love the internet!

[@Reehja]

beautiful, I first heard this performed by Jessye Norman on the radio and fell in love. the power of Jessye's performance gets me emotional every time

[@МаринаКорнеева-ш5б]

Und ich auch...

[@estebanromero7058]

I will have this played at my funeral...

[@nicolekorzycka703]

me too!

[@estebanromero7058]

Nicole Korzycka Haha it will surely be a day to mourn Ms. Nicole.

[@nicolekorzycka703]

I don't afraid LOL!!!

[@estebanromero7058]

Nicole Korzycka Haha no regrets!

[@tyfinnegan1703]

Sorry to be offtopic but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an instagram account?? I stupidly lost the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me

[@ELDERBERRYEDITOR]

Superb. Lyrics are these: When I am laid, am laid in earth, may my wrongs create No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast. When I am laid, am laid in earth, may my wrongs create No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast. Remember me, remember me, but ah! Forget my fate. Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate. Remember me, remember me, but ah! Forget my fate. Remember me, but ah! Forget my fate.

[@StuartSafford]

Since I was feeling sorry for myself, I join Dido in a lament.

[@StuartSafford]

Remedy part 2

[@taulantmorina685]

Stuart Safford jesus you scare the fuck outaa me....

[@StuartSafford]

Never meant to scare anybody. My depression can get to be a bit too much.

[@StonyRC]

+Stuart Safford Hope you managed to come through it Bro - the Black Dog can be a real bitch.

[@MrsKimberleyHill]

This is so beautiful. Moved me to tears

[@cynthialambert9067]

A technically virtuoso performance. The best version on KZbin. And probably anywhere else, for that matter. Perfection.

[@esuna6352]

Cynthia Lambert for emotion, I'd say the best would be Kirsten Flagstad's. For the performance itself, I'd say Jessye Norman's unbeatable.

[@janinekermes6787]

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[@arnoldamaral7406]

Brix Valle DAME Janet Baker is my favorite, this lady has a beautiful voice but needs to work on her diction, Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@idfcagainidfc25]

I cried so hard after hearing this song this just conquered my soul totally bravo

[@jeanpaul486]

I should weep along with the music, and the tragedy within my soul will be revealed. Be at peace, my friend.

[@Aliver.25_Legue]

The first thing in my mind when i listen to this was Clean

[@muskaanwalia8892]

ANYONE FROM WENTWORTH?

[@ayseguleverett6924]

mee

[@vladedin3024]

This made a great Inspiration for the villain In the comic I'm making. When I think evil, I think of inner Lament.

[@bearsdenoboe]

Beautifully carried 'line' and crisp 'dots'. I love the way the strings point the harmonies.

[@davidcole9971]

A beautiful excerpt, I only discovered this because of Classic FM

[@chisler26]

david cole me too

[@Str885]

I love this song. Its the first aria I have ever heard and this rendition was heart felt. Beautiful.

[@aritrabhattacharya7033]

Hear wrenching !! Wish I could understand the meaning as well

[@jessicadawnpena]

This song will be played at my funeral.

[@bravaLiz]

composed for a castrato. Thank goodness THAT is no longer in practice.

[@ΚατερίναΑθανασοπούλου-γ9φ]

amazing!

[@heraldmeinders]

Another more modern version is from ERA's album Infinity (1998), Paul Schwartz - Dido (Circumitus Down).

[@jabeeb_4079]

Castlevania nocturne anyone?

[@gachi1297]

gonala ri jonra ijon opera!

[@ccdg1066]

*Best* version I've heard is by Maureen Forrester. It's on KZbin - have a listen. Having said that, I do like this version by Malena Ernman very much!! Thank you Scandal32 for uploading it!!

[@galopadasha]

Maurren Forrester

[@ccdg1066]

MAUREEN KATHERINE STEWART FORRESTER July 25, 1930 - June 16, 2010 contralto

[@grahamwilliams8926]

You haven't heard Marianne Kielland then!

[@ccdg1066]

@@grahamwilliams8926 No I haven't - thanks for the heads-up!!

[@emiridac4608]

I am literally amazed ! like in every time holding my tears not to drop in this lament..

[@lunaadora43]

Beautiful

[@vitorhaase7821]

When I am laid, am laid in earth, may my wrongs create No trouble, no trouble in, in thy breast Remember me, remember me, but ah! Forget my fate

[@hegebaugst9051]

❤️

[@livininthegangstasparadise4717]

johnnn fergussonn

[@scandal32]

@ferroviphile On the CDs' booklet the title is "Dido's Lament". I don't know this language, so I put the title I see on the booklet.

[@bravaLiz]

this is too perfect.

[@erwinnaus]

@cooperdogable : i personaly think the performance by catherine bott is as sober as this aria should be. She gives the most dynamic interpertation ....wait for the remember meeeeeeeee @ 2:40 and even more so @ 3:18..you should listen it alone or in the dark..beautifull..

[@breimalislobodnoime]

@scandal32 Dido was queen of Carthage who fell in love with Trojan refugee Aeneas, he loved her back but was destined to found Rome so he left with his ships for Italy and she climbed on the pyre as he left and burned herself to death (according to legend, they were 400 years apart according to history :), Roman poet Virgil (the one who leads Dante in the Underworld in Dante's "Hell") wrote Aeneid about founding of Rome and this is one of episodes. Which inspired a lot of fanfiction ever since!

[@cooperdogable]

There are so many great versions of Dido's lament on You Tube. Some of the ones that are truly great are sung by: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Janet Baker, Sarah Connoly, and yes Jeff Buckley! This lament lends itself to highly varied interpretations. Why does any one have to be the best?

[@erwinnaus]

@cooperdogable : i personaly think the performance by catherine bott is as sober as this aria should be. She gives the most dynamic interpertation ....wait for the remember meeeeeeeee.

[@MrOiliver]

@jessicadawnpena HAH! You know somebody submitted your fb convo about this on failbook? That was you right? "Powerful vibrato is deep, you say?" :D

[@Sastaree]

@filemonybaucis Look for the version of Hamorza on youtube. Can't put the link in here.

[@ferroviphile]

There is a mistake in the tittle... This must be "Dildo's Lament"... Sorry !

[@ccdg1066]

Excellent, and thanks for providing the lyrics (I like to sing along :D ). This is right up there with Maureen Forrester, almost, and Bonney, von Otter, Troyanos...

[@ninaquinones777]

@scandal32 It's actually correct, it's "Dido's Lament." It's in english.

[@katrin3134]

Que belleza.

[@nicolekorzycka703]

stupenda !

[@Sastaree]

And just found a second version, more powerfull: Hayley Westenra

[@PhiloBalini]

Utterly utterly amazing - hat doffed to the good lady and Purcell of course

[@KyodaiKhan]

No dislikes lol, neither should there be any =)

[@lizpacho]

Es muy unica esta version, y la cantante🎶🎵

[@mrguppy1016]

Dido's lament , is the lament of love, and loneliness

[@l22livi]

Ez a dal annyira szomorú és megható...gyönyörű!

[@filemonybaucis]

@hootersnooter Please, can somebody tell me a version without vibrato, furthermore kirkby's one? Thanks!

[@frogmouth]

Annie Lennox not classical obviously ? But no vibrato is an odd requirement for this as it 's sung by a mature woman at the end of her life not a choir boy!

[@mickstery6]

I adore this woman!

[@DisasterFruit]

älskar dig.

[@DaGuittarMan]

Thanks.

[@musicalcohol]

what a voice...like it!

[@charlottevard]

What a voice!

[@tenorschofield]

Nothing can express my feelings when I listen to this piece sang in a divine way by Malena Ernman...only the aria itself!!!!

[@jansnauwaert1785]

An exceptional mother of an even more exceptional daughter.

[@uabpsab]

In my mind a poor performance by a usually excellent singer.Like she cant decide wherher to do it classic opera with vibrato and F high notes or "early music" style without. vibrato and with P high notes. I also find the tremulant cello at the beginning tasteless. She can do much better!

[@geoh7777]

pelle sabelström Because you are willing to criticize an obviously and highly talented singer, you must know more than the rest of us. .

[@Descalabro]

+geoh7777 Well, he/she is actually criticizing with valid arguments, no matter how talented Malena is. The criticism is about this performance, not about the singer's talent.

[@Descalabro]

+geoh7777 Well, he/she is actually criticizing with valid arguments, no matter how talented Malena is. The criticism is about this performance, not about the singer's talent.

[@geoh7777]

+Descalabro I liked what I heard. So, it is a matter of taste, opinion, etc. And, was in no way a poor performance. (That is my opinion BTW.) It was a lament, after all. Like a dirge, it cannot be expected to bring everyone to fits of joyousness. .

[@mhuchm]

No sabes por desgracia para ti reconocer a una gran cantante lírico, por tu opinión habla, tu propio descrédito, hacia tu propia persona, rencor de no poder cantar como ella