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Which Henry Purcell work contains Dido’s lament “When I Am Laid in Earth”?
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The famous aria "When I Am Laid in Earth," known as Dido’s Lament, is found in the opera Dido and Aeneas. Composed by Henry Purcell in 1689, this work is considered his only true opera and depicts the tragic story of Dido, the queen of Carthage, following the departure of Aeneas.12