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Danish archive, concert given March 09, 1972 in Frederiksberg.
Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
Danish radio symphonic orchestra
Denmarks Radio Concert Hall.
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Dame Janet Baker in Purcell's beautiful opera Dido and Aeneas, singing the first of Dido's great tragic arias, "Ah Belinda, I am prest with torment".
Glyndebourne, 1966. Conductor: Charles Mackerras
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'Plaisir d'amour'.Giovanni Martini. Recital film. This was captured just a few months before Dame Janet's early retirement from the operatic stage, in Donizetti's 'Maria Stuardia' and Gluck's 'Orfeo et Euridice'. Thankfully, for us, her recitals continued.
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But death alas
Great minds
Thy hand belinda
When I am laid in earth
With drooping wings
(For those who are interested, I posted a new video of this aria with the score)
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This is the only score that I have, she sings it one key up, actually, so if this one is in Eflat, she sings it in F (unless it is in the minor key, d minor)