Purcell Archives - Vocal Masterclassics

Joyce DiDonato – Dido’s Lament (Purcell) 2/3

Master Artist: Joyce DiDonato

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: The Royal Opera

Date: 2018

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 3

Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth)

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: Dido and Aeneas

Genre: English Baroque Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Parto, ma tu ben mio

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: La Clemenza di Tito

Genre: Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Non piu mesta

Composer: Gioachino Rossini

From: La Cenerentola

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Emma Kirkby – Crown the altar, deck the shrine (Purcell) 3/6

Master Artist: Emma Kirkby

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Incorporated Society of Musicians

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 6

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Crown the altar, deck the shrine

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: The fatal hour comes on apace

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: O Jesu Nomen Dulce

Composer: Heinrich Schütz

From: N/A

Genre: German Baroque Lieder

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Me, me, and none but me

Composer: John Dowland

From: Dowland's third book of lute songs

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Like as the lute delights

Composer: John Danyel

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Fine Knacks for Ladies

Composer: John Dowland

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

Emma Kirkby – The fatal hour comes on apace (Purcell) 1/6

Master Artist: Emma Kirkby

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Incorporated Society of Musicians

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 6

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: The fatal hour comes on apace

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: O Jesu Nomen Dulce

Composer: Heinrich Schütz

From: N/A

Genre: German Baroque Lieder

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Crown the altar, deck the shrine

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Me, me, and none but me

Composer: John Dowland

From: Dowland's third book of lute songs

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Like as the lute delights

Composer: John Danyel

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Fine Knacks for Ladies

Composer: John Dowland

From: N/A

Genre: English Baroque Art Song

Gerald Finley – Sweeter than Roses (Purcell) – 1/2

Master Artist: Gerald Finley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Julliard School of Music

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

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Performer Voice Type: Counter Tenor

Title: Sweeter than Roses

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: Pausanius, Z. 585

Genre: British Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Counter Tenor

Title: Silent Noon

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

From: N/A

Genre: British Art Song

Bruno von Nünlist – When I am laid in earth (Purcell)

Master Artist: Bruno von Nünlist

Biography (German)

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Netherlands

Date: 2014

Language of Instruction: German

Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: When I am laid in earth

Composer: Henry Purcell

From: Dido and Aeneas

Genre: English Baroque Opera