Dido's Lament is heartbreakingly beautiful 💔 Composed by Purcell and performed by soprano Mary Bevan, lutist Elizabeth Kenny and cellist Joseph Crouch. See them at Spitalfields Music Festival on Tuesday 4 December! https://clssicfm.co/2Bzj3v4 | Classic FM

5.5K views · 482 reactions | Written nearly 350 years ago, Dido’s Lament is the gift that keeps on giving when we really need “the feels”. I wonder if Henry Purcell could have ever envisioned his timeless aria opening up the season 2 finale of HBO’s “White Lotus.” #looknofurtherthanoperawhenyouneedtherealdrama #peoplecallusoldfashionedandthenwhentheyhearitincontexttheyareblownawayandkeepcomingbackformore #theultimatedrama | Joyce DiDonato | Facebook