Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas - Dido's lament

[@marknokes8010]

This is by far the best performance I've ever seen. Honestly...heart broken.

[@etiennenobel5028]

Then you have no heard Emma Kermes sing this aria

[@arnldcdedmon]

She left it all on the stage!!! This is the best performance of this song ever!!

[@jorrehenderson9261]

I've watched this about a million times and I still tear up to it. it's so beautiful.

[@olgavonderwolga9469]

my meaning with you !!!

[@bingzhu6730]

Jorre Henderson Same here! Enchanted by this song since December.

[@danawinsor1380]

Yes, surely one of the very best versions of this scene. Ms. Meijer portrays Dido as a broken woman. At the same time, her vocal performance is a lesson on "how it's done." I can't say enough about this performance., the spare staging; the burning ring of fire is startling. The chorus and orchestra are "as good as it gets." Bravi to all.

[@edmonddantes6486]

Stunningly beautiful and humble. I feel the same awe when listening to the amazing ANDREY NEMZER singing SAINT FRANCIS PRAYER. Such humility and inspiration!.

[@ginamcgill7054]

I so love this performance by Xenia Meijer, makes me cry every single time. *bow*

[@IvanGreindl]

Dido y Eneo es una obra que siempre adoré, un día que había cantado en el coro, al anfiteatro de Cartago. Señora Meijer es una intérprete de alta calidad, sensible y convencida del texto. Es una delicia de escucharla, tanto su voz es rica en matices y su gestual sobria y natural... Gracias por esta reparto.

[@unsoirdedemibrume]

Merci, c'est une interprétation extraordinaire de ce chef d'oeuvre. J'ai entendu Didon mourir mille fois, et mille fois j'ai pleuré. Mais cette fois, quelle intensité, quelle justesse, quelle sincérité!

[@nannygoatj]

Reponse parfaite!

[@vaticangay]

Una aria chi piu di 200 ani doppo ancora fa emozionare. Bravissima.

[@Polomokipo23]

Merci à AGUSTINA pour cette video qui est sublime et un grand bravo pour la Soprano XENIA MEIJER qui est grandiose les musiciens et JAN WILLEM DE VRIEND bravo.

[@gabrieltalavera4465]

She is so beautiful ....a mediterranean arabic beauty. This song is one of the most beautiful laments I've ever heard.

[@laughingcat66]

I've listened to this several times but just now watched it to the very end as she fades into the sand. Very cool.

[@jeanie6279]

She does, imho, a lovely job singing this! My favorite version of all time is Jessye Norman's! Amazing! But I also love Andreas Scholl's version, too! Alison Moyet...okay, really good but not of the same order as these singers. Henry Purcell has written something that is a gift to singers to this day!

[@Polomokipo23]

Henry Purcell ( Londres 1659-1695 Londres ) DIDO AND AENEAS - DIDO'S LAMENT Une pure merveille quelle voix magnifiques et cette musique Eternel merci.

[@AmyyArcher]

i've been looking for a version like this with the flat on "shade" rather than a natural, i prefer it so much more! lovely!

[@throwaway1743]

Oh my God those descending chromatic substitutions after Dido's last words. Chills That treatment of dissonance was so far beyond Purcell's time

[@elifineart]

I'm aware of all the famous versions of all the greats but as others wrote i too love this one the most, it's very moving and "down to earth" in a sense, Xenia Meijer is wonderful.

[@julietteford8446]

I love the way the production was done. It makes it my favorite version of this. I can see it in Carthage

[@eduardpijl3854]

Absolutely one of the most beautiful pieces of music.

[@johnlowrie1041]

Beautiful,magnificent and heart braking, crying ,thank you xxxxxx❤

[@razzmatazz1974]

one of my favorite arias ever.

[@muadonglangle2]

+razzmatazz1974 same to me

[@humbertogatica6420]

La muerte es ahora una amiga bienvenida. Musica sublime. Gracias por compartir el video

[@SandrineAnterrion]

Very beautiful version

[@PhD-ch9ku]

Purcell est toujours une nouvelle découverte

[@robinavalyn9513]

Gorgeous setting & costume! Gorgeous voice! Thank you for posting!

[@ceciliayeomans]

It is so beautiful that it hurts...

[@susiehenders]

Remember me but forget my fate 😢 such a beautiful performance 😥

[@Кедровая]

Это лучшее исполнение из всех, что я нашёл в KZbin!

[@abendnebel6769]

how i love this aria....

[@jorgeandrescabariqueplata3303]

Una buena cantante puede cantar esta canción perfectamente, no todo el mundo puede, claro, pero hay que se una muy buena actriz como para que el lamento de Dido te duela realmente. Joder, lloré prácticamente.

[@angelabender8132]

Dido stabs herself on top of a pyre of fire but her agony is too much also for the gods...One comes to cut her hair to release her soul from the torment Virgil theatrical, moving,epic rendition paved the way to Christianity and to the Calvary of the Christ

[@namenowoneman]

I hate her , she stole my heart and she awakened everything that is humane, inside me.

[@teabaggg23]

love her

[@namenowoneman]

I love her !

[@tacoyo]

For me the most beautiful aria!

[@TheTAUROTAURO]

Muchas gracias por los subtitulo: así se entiende y se siente toda la intensidad del aria. Hay que ser poliglota, dominar incluso el ruso, para disfrutar de la ópera.

[@susiehenders]

RIP Dido 😳😭🔥❤️

[@sisifus100]

Thanks for sharing..

[@4musikable]

Unsurpassed elegance.

[@lucylore5662]

Thank you for the translation!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Bellísima aria --Lamento de Dido anesa

[@HendrikRood]

It's a beautiful rendition of the dramatic lament. And the nicest thing is my former high-school class mate Xenia is singing Dido.🙂 I also like the choir's pace in the subsequent "With drooping wings". I have sung that myself too in a choir. But off course far less well.

[@angiebuzzacco2634]

I want to play classical guitar in the sand in the middle of a circle of fire now.

[@thamusta]

brought here by the film The Man Who Cried....very lovely indeed

[@racha367]

Eternelle, celeste et divine musique.

[@Samplesurfer]

The complete production of this entire opera by Xenia Meijer as Dido and the Combattimento Consort: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKmZaJqNqLt_gK8

[@elburrobasilio9651]

Thank you soooooo much for sharing.

[@jordifuentesandres226]

Opera barroca en Inglaterra de Purcell,un gran conocedor de los instrumentos musicales.,que puso al servico de la Corte y le daba un carácter aristocrático y heroico,a pesar de haber compuesto muchos tipos de música es más conocido por su OPERAS Y una parte de su música es Sacra,específica para la Iglesia de Inglaterra,parecida a la protestante coral alemana,de influencias en especial de Francia,como son sus numerosos ornamentos y en el carácter alegre y despreocupado,destacando en el contrapunto.

[@joyrandall8186]

I am about to lay on the floor, eat cookies and listen to this monotonously.

[@Dogsrmylife123]

+Jeffrey Pierce Lol the princess bride :)

[@paulalara5717]

Es una obra maestra

[@olgavonderwolga9469]

super!

[@korhanafsar]

like a dream...

[@chargementencours..]

Jeff Buckley Dido's Lament is way different check it out to have an eargasm

[@thrunsalmighty6863]

So much tidier than a messy divorce.

[@mckavitt13]

Thank you for that. I laughed outloud!

[@venusinfirth]

Oh my goodness!

[@victorfrescobarbeito5147]

And though I like better Jessye or Baker's version, good performance. I shall remember this scenery next time I sing this to myself on the street. Great effort and great results.

[@alorr5751]

exquisite

[@Кедровая]

If anybody knows where to get/download the full version of the opera. let me know or better give a link. Thank you!

[@Kriwistus]

+Андрей Громов There's a longer version here www.eenlevenlangtheater.nl/erik%20vos/video/2747.html unfortunately its not the full version though

[@luisenriqueolayacespedes2570]

¿cómo se baja la opera completa?

[@Кедровая]

+Luis Enrique Olaya Céspedes English, please.

[@luisenriqueolayacespedes2570]

How do I download the complete opera?

[@Кедровая]

+Luis Enrique Olaya Céspedes You have to do this: 1) Go here rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2244268 2) Register there. 3) Install torrent client (uTorrent for example). 4) Download the file.

[@tecnycalparafusoseferramen1897]

This is a song sing by a god

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Una delicia.

[@Roderic07]

The movie Mr. Turner brought me here

[@inesruiz]

NO PUEDO BAJARLO POR EL TUBECATCHER 2014

[@hamidshahrokh3292]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@yayajacky]

Brought here by the elegance of hedgehog.

[@AndreaVoets]

This is wonderful! I would love to use it in my music lessons at school. Is there a way you could provide a youtube clip without the Spanish subtitles, but with the original Dutch subtitles? I live and teach in the Netherlands. Thank you so much!

[@Samplesurfer]

Opvragen bij de NPS en/of Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid?

[@Samplesurfer]

NB. Hij stond vroeger op een theatersite, maar met Adobe Flash en dat werkt nu niet meer, helaas.

[@EByrne-eo6sf]

Does anyone have any idea what the ring of fire represents in this clip? or how it relates to the plot at all? Or if you know of any other symbols or icons in the clip, for example the sand as an icon for mortality.

[@angelabender8132]

E. Byrne Dido dies in the fire

[@frankeinstein1]

Remember me...

[@olgavonderwolga9469]

but I also like Alison MOYET vor her VERSION 1 Oktave deeper :)

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Wow!! To sensitive!!

[@Awsumniss]

At 3:24, mute the video. She looks like she's choking on something. :P

[@biscuitwithbutter4262]

lol dick jokes

[@IvanGreindl]

Just read the libretto!

[@HM-xh3mo]

Without equal.

[@williampoucher174]

This is excellent when it comes to the expression of emotion, however the diction is pretty awful. Maybe it's just the recording's quality, but if I didn't know the words vaguely I'd have no idea what was being sung.

[@WVRS47]

Who has the total opera in this performence????

[@bingzhu6730]

Wiebe de Vries I'm looking for it too! It was shot in 1996 so it's really hard to find. I see there is a video band in a university in Netherlands, and I really wish I could travel there just to view it. Here is a longer version of this act, an 8-minute video: www.eenlevenlangtheater.nl/erik%20vos/video/2747.html

[@WVRS47]

Bing Zhu That's nice..thanks a lot. Evry minute is perfect....I had it once on a DVD, lent it out to someone, no idea who......we keep on sarching....

[@WVRS47]

Bing Zhu Do you know wich university? I am living in the Netherlands so maybe I can arrange something....who knows.

[@bingzhu6730]

I saw it here: www.worldcat.org/title/dido-and-aeneas-opera/oclc/68948810. It says University of Groningen Library. It would be amazing if you can find it in Netherlands!

[@WVRS47]

Bing Zhu I ask fot it, I'll get an answer in two days.....so we keep in touch. Nice this connection. Where do you have your home?

[@Кедровая]

Просмотрел и прослушал уже более двух десятков различных исполнений и интерпретаций и понял одно. Эту арию лучше слушать, а исполнителям - лучше исполнять именно в контексте оперы. Тогда исполнитель прочувствует состояние Дидоны и арию исполнит правильно. Потому что эта ария - это предсмертная песня влюблённой, но убитой горем женщины. Ария, полная горя, тоски, безысходности, а также необратимости смерти. Эта ария - это не красивая мелодичная песня, не очередная сложная вокальная композиция (Jessye Norman). Это предсмертный плач Дидоны. И исполнять его нужно именно так.

[@Вечнаявесна-э7м]

да, я тоже прослушивала разных исполнителей и мне не доставало трагичности и отчаяния, которые в совокупности открывают какие- то новые, пьянящие способности голоса, заставляющие наши души трепетать и становиться единым с музыкантом. В большинстве своем эту арию певцы рассматривают как возможность блистать своему вокалу, а не передать чувства женщины, жившей и любившей больше двух тысячелетий назад.

[@jenberrybrown]

Who is the singer?

[@bingzhu6730]

jenberrybrown Xenia Meyer

[@jenberrybrown]

Bing Zhu Thanks

[@donepearce]

Find another version with a singer who doesn't mangle the vowels so badly. I'd suggest Emma Kirkby or Alison Moyet. You stand a fighting chance of understand what they are singing.

[@TheKwattK]

Thumbs up if you're listening to this for a music class...and you hate it...

[@jacobarnoldmusic]

How can you hate this? It's so beautiful.... I'm sorry for you if you can't appreciate this....

[@cecibacha]

Jacob Arnold he means the class, probably

[@vivianrfjblaw]

Ikr i hate the class, but the music is good !!

[@jacobarnoldmusic]

Hellsrazor605 lol I'm sorry that you're missing out on such beautiful music. It's sad you can't appreciate it :/

[@locomojoboy2]

K Watt Yup, that's me right here. I cant stand the class. It and the instructor are so boring. I'd rather be in statistics.

[@myempathy1]

Jesus.

[@Sonofspam1972]

this is some depressing shit man.

[@herrsalatvonlustigen5584]

God I hate this music 110 class.

[@frankeinstein1]

Remember me...