Annotation

this is at the end of Act II, sung by the Sorceress and her Enchantresses (Chorus), immediately following Act II, 28. “Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command”; it is not listed at https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Dido_and_Aeneas,_Z_626_(Henry_Purcell)

It is at the end of act II at https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Dido_and_Aeneas

This is followed by The Groves Dance

Relationships

composer:Henry Purcell
librettist:Nahum Tate
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II (order: 17)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1952-03-15 – 1952-03-28Act II Scene 2: Then since our Charm's have sped (Chorus)The Mermaid Singers1:10
1959-09-29 – 1959-09-30Dido and Aeneas: Act II, SupplementliveJean Allister, Arda Mandikian, Rosemary Phillips, Purcell Singers, George Malcolm, English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten3:28
2004-09-13 – 2004-09-14Dido and Aeneas: Act 2. Then since our charms have sped,Musica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz1:08
2008-06-23 – 2008-06-25“Then since our charms have sped”Margaret Faultless, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment1:32
2022-11-16 – 2022-11-18Dido and Aeneas, Act 2: Stay PrinceTim Mead, Matthew Brook, Avery Amereau, La Nuova Musica, David Bates2:44
Dido & Aeneas Act II: Then since our Charmes have Sped (Chorus)Susan Bickley, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs0:36
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Then since our charms have sped" - A Dance - The Groves DanceJürgen Jürgens, Margaret Baker, Patricia Johnson, Margaret Lensky, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras1:47
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene II. "Then since our charmes have sped" (Chorus) - The Grove's DanceLes Arts Florissants, William Christie1:28