DESCRIPTION:
Dido's Lament - Joy von Spain with Count Constantin, Jean-Paul Garnier and Vanessa Skantze
Aria by Henry Purcell from "Dido and Aeneas" c. 1688
live at the Chapel, Seattle WA 3/12/11
video by benj cameron

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.