Listen to Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II Scene 2: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Recorded 1952) by The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Thomas Hemsley

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II Scene 2: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Recorded 1952)

The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Thomas Hemsley

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II Scene 2: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Recorded 1952)

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra

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Dirigent:in

Kirsten Flagstad

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Sopran

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

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Thomas Hemsley

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