Opera title: | Alcina |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Alcina Synopsis |
Libretto: | Alcina Libretto |
Translation(s): | English |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Oronte |
Voice(s): | Tenor |
Act: | 3.05b |
| Previous scene: | M'inganna me n'avveggo |
| Next scene: | Molestissimo incontro |
"Un momento di contento..."
Opera, Alcina,
Composer, George Frideric Handel,
Alcina, Carol Vaness
Morgana, Erie Mills,
Ruggiero, D'Anna Fortunato,
Bradamante, Mimi Lerner,
Oronte, John Stewart,
Oberto, Nadia Pelle,
Melisso, Harry Dworchak,
Orchestra and Chorus of the New York City Opera
Conductor, Raymond Leppard,
1983
ORONTE
M'inganna, me n'avveggo,
e pur ancor l'adoro.
Se ben mi fu crudel, è 'I mio tesoro.
Un momento di contento
dolce rende a fido amante
tutto il pianto che versò.
Suole amore dal dolore
tirar balsamo alle pene,
a sanar, chi pria piagò.
ORONTE
M'inganna, I wake up,
and even still I love it.
If I was very cruel, it is' My darling.
A moment of contentment
sweet makes you trust lover
all the cry he shed.
Soles love from pain
bring balm to the penis,
in sanar, who pria plagiarized.
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