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Purcell : Dido & Aeneas : Act 3 "When I am laid in earth"
William Christie Lyrics


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@margomoore4527

A white voice may may be pretty, but it is terminally immature, to my mind. A mature adult voice, in the absence of tension, has a natural vibrato, the โ€œzitternden und bebendenโ€ to which Mozart referred.

The voix blanc is natural only to children. To prolong it into adulthood is unnatural and sounds as artificial and false as it is.

The proof of this is demonstrated by contrasting the timbre of the earliest reconstituted falsettist, Alfred Deller, shose voice was not adequately supported, with the current crop of counter-tenors (I heard 3 or 4 of them at Chicago Lyric, in an antique opera revival in the 2000โ€™sโ€”it may have been Alcina but I canโ€™t recall.) what I do recall was the profusion of fine, well-supported young countertenors. It was a revelation.

If a handful of early-music enthusiasts desire to cling to the sound of boy sopranos (in adult women), well, they can do as they please. But the true womanly sound that best portrays a great female leader like Dido, is the full, warm sounds of Jessye Norman, Sarah Connolly, Kirsten Flagstad, and other, more recent Sopranos and Mezzos. The general public loves light, white, breathy voices, because they are easy to hear. The truly knowledgeable opera lover, by contrast, seeks and embraces the full intensity of the great womanly voicesโ€”Ponselle is also a stellar example.

The boy or girl soprano has a place in music. But even early operas benefit from voices that can use their God-given gifts in their fullnessโ€”if Purcell had big, full voices available, would he not have rejoiced? Also, school or no, there often spring up young women whose physical instrument and consequently their entire voice matures earlyโ€”Ponselle being the classic example, who by 8th grade had the voice of an adult woman.

Iโ€™m not trying to denegrate the work of Ms. Thomas, but to advance the cause of vocal health and the appreciation of the ideal womanly voice.โค



@arisussman1463

Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.

When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

good lord that's dark..



@janesmith9024

I just sung this at the piano as I have for over 40 years.... it felt appropriate for the days of covid 19. "Death is now a welcome guest...."
200,000 dead so far across the world.......


Remember them but forget their fate....


Recitative
Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.

Aria
When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.



@boyisun

Recitative
Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.

Aria
When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.



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@tommyk0101

Youโ€™d think that after listening to this a thousand times in harmony and music history class that it would get old, but no, itโ€™s really that beautiful.

@TheRealJohnux

Classical Music doesn't get old. It ls timeless. A thing you can't say about todays music that may Fade into nothingness over the decades.
And yes, this Piece of Art is beautiful.

@MerlinTheDraconic

This is the most comfortable, natural-sounding, un-forced version that I've ever heard. It's SO GOOD.

@nannygoatj

MerlinTheDraconic so true! You canโ€™t even tell that Jessye Norman is singing it in English!

@classicwhomst4912

@@nannygoatj huh?

@nannygoatj

Movie Thief in this version, you can understand the words, and itโ€™s lovely! On the other hand, when I watched the Jessye Norman version, it was so opera-y that it lost its appeal.

@kamranmughal2854

Janet Baker!

@dennischiapello7243

I was immediately struck by her voice. A quick check on Wikipedia yields fun fact: she sang at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Harry and Meghan.)

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@taylorfisher6203

I only came here to study musical pieces for my Musical Appreciation class, but I will say that this is an incredibly beautiful piece of music.

@martam7258

Same here

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