Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command

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Dido and Aeneas
Tragic opera by Henry Purcell
Johann Heinrich Tischbein - Dido on the Pyre, 1775
Johann Heinrich Tischbein, Dido on the Pyre, 1775
CatalogueZ. 626
LibrettoNahum Tate
LanguageEnglish
Based onBrutus of Alba (1678) and Volume IV of the Eneida by Virgil
Premiere
DateBetween December 1687 and summer of 1689[1]
LocationMr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls ( Chelsea , London )

Dido and Aeneas is an Opera by Henry Purcell. Set to words by Nahum Tate, the opera follows Dido's – the Queen of Carthage's – fate. Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command are the opening lines of a sprite. At evil witches' bidding and disguised as Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, he commands Aeneas to leave Carthage – and Dido, its queen. Abandoned by her lover Aeneas, she dies; the witches triumph.[2] [3]

The piece appears in Act II, Scene III of the opera. The original stage direction reads: "The neighbourhood of Carthage, with distant view of the sea. Enter Æneas passing towards the city. A Spirit appears, suddenly interrupting his progress."[2]

The recitativo "Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command ..." does not appear on any album. There has been a radio broadcast with the great Jessye Norman.

Libretto

Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command

Henry Purcell (music),  Nahum Tate (words)


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United Kingdom

Spirit
Stay, prince, and hear great Jove's command –
He summons thee this nght away.
Æneas
Tonight?
Spirit
Tonight thou must forsake this land,
The angry Gods will brook no longer stay –
Jove commands thee waste no more
In Love's delights those precious hours
Allow'd by the almighty powers
To gain the Latian shore,
And ruin'd Troy restore.
Æneas
Jove's command must be obey'd,
Tonight our anchors shall be weigh'd.[2]

Germany

Geist
Halt, Prinz! Höre des großen Jupiters Befehl -
Er ruft dich diese Nacht hinweg.
Æneas
Heute Nacht?
Geist
Heute Nacht musst du dieses Land verlassen;
Die zornigen Götter dulden keinen längeren Verbleib -
Jupiter befiehlt dir, nicht mehr mit Liebesfreuden zu vergeuden,
Die kostbaren Stunden,
Die dir die allmächtigen Götter gewähren,
Um die latinische Küste zu erobern
und das zerstörte Troja zu erneuern.
Æneas
Jupiters Befehl muss Folge geleistet werden,
Heute Nacht befehle ich, die Anker zu lichten.[4]

Manuscripts and sheet music

  • Score
Veröffentlicht:1841
Verlag:members of the Musical Antiquarian Society
Original aus:Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Dido and Aeneas. members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, originally from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1841.
  • Sheet Music: Kalmus
Dido and Aeneas Opera in Three Acts
Vocal (Opera) Score with English Text
1961
Boosey & Hawkes
"Dido and Aeneas - An Opera in Three Acts". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  • Sheet Music: IMSLP
"Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dido and Aeneas". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dido and Aeneas. members of the Musical Antiquarian Society, at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, originally from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1841.
  3. ↑ "Dido and Aeneas". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ German translation: FR, 2021
  5. ↑ "Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 (Purcell, Henry)". IMSLP. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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