from Act III of the English opera
Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
Libretto: Nahum Tate
Role: Dido, Queen of Carthage
Voice Part: soprano|mezzo-soprano Fach: lyric mezzo|lyric soprano
Setting: Dido's palace, Ancient Carthage
Synopsis: With Aeneas gone back to Rome and Dido dying of grief, Dido asks for Belinda to remember her when she is dead.