Gia vicino e il momento
Opera details:
Opera title: | Alcina |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Alcina Synopsis |
Libretto: | Alcina Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Recitative details:
Type: | recitative |
Role(s): | Oberto / Alcina |
Voice(s): | Treble / Soprano |
Act: | 3.15 |
| Previous scene: | Sin per le vie del sole |
| Next scene: | Barbara io ben lo so |
Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 3 - Già vicino è'l momento
Singer: Joyce DiDonatoProvided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 3 - Già vicino è'l momento · Laura Cherici · Joyce DiDonato · Il Complesso Barocco · Alan Curtis
Handel: Alcina
â„— 2009 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2009-01-01
Producer, Executive Producer: Marita Prohmann
Producer, Recording Producer: Arend Prohmann
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Hans-Ulrich Bastin
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mark Buecker
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Author, Original Text Author: Ludovico Ariosto
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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
OBERTO
Già vicino è 'i momento
di cangiar il mio duol tutto in contento;
e parmi già con amoroso core
di stringer al mio seno il genitore.
Alcina, che stava in disparte ad ascoltar, ora si presenta ad Oberto; tiene in mano un dardo.
ALCINA
Come lo sai?
OBERTO
si confonde nel rispondere
Perché il destin... i pianti... il dover...
ALCINA
Ti confondi?
OBERTO
si da coraggio
Alta Regina, io ben lo so;
me lo promise Alcina.
ALCINA
fra sé
Ah! che ancora costui pensa a miei danni.
Ingrato! or proverai gli estremi affanni.
Alcina si volge verso il seraglio delle fiere, e mormorando qualche parola, si avvanza un leone
mansueto verso Oberto, quando Alcina dà il suo dardo al medesimo, dicendogli:
Prendi il mio dardo, Oberto,
e ti difendi da quella fiera.
Il leone si conca vicino ad Oberto, e gli va lambendo i piedi.
OBERTO
Eh! mi si mostra amica.
ALCINA
Non ti fidar: l'uccidi.
OBERTO
Ah! non ho core.
ALCINA
Ubbidisci il comando.
OBERTO
fra sé
Ah! ch'io ben riconosco il genitore.
ALCI NA
Rendimi il dardo; io ferirolla appieno.
English Libretto or Translation:
OBERTO
Already close is' the moment
to change my duol all in content;
and you already speak with a loving heart
to hold the parent to my breast.
Alcina, who was aloof to listen, now presents herself to Oberto; holds a dart in his hand.
ALCINA
How do you know it?
OBERTO
it is confused in answering
Because the destin ... the cries ... the duty ...
ALCINA
Do you get confused?
OBERTO
give courage
High Queen, I know well;
Alcina promised it.
ALCINA
to himself
Ah! that he still thinks of my damage.
Ungrateful! or you will try the extreme worries.
Alcina turns towards the seraglio of the fairs, and murmuring a few words, a lion goes on
gentle towards Oberto, when Alcina gives his dart to the same, telling him:
Take my dart, Oberto,
and defend yourself from that fair.
The lion is caught near Oberto, and he is licking his feet.
OBERTO
Eh! show me friend.
ALCINA
Do not trust yourself: kill it.
OBERTO
Ah! I have no core.
ALCINA
Obey the command.
OBERTO
to himself
Ah! that I well recognize the parent.
ALCI NA
Give me the dart; I whole-heartedly.
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