Scherza infida
Opera details:
Opera title: | Ariodante |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Ariodante Synopsis |
Libretto: | Ariodante Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Ariodante |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or Tenor |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Orrida a gl'occhi miei |
| Next scene: | Il mio crudel martoro |
Aris Christofellis, Sopranist. Handel, Scherza infida
Singer: Aris ChristofellisAris Christofellis, Sopranist. Scherza, Infida,
from Ariodante, Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1735
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel: Scherza, Infida, from Ariodante.
Aris Christofellis, sopranist.
Polinesso lies to Ariodante by telling him that Ginevra loves him rather than Ariodante. For "proof," Polinesso disguises another woman in Ginevra's clothes and lets Ariodante see the false "Ginevra" accepting Polinesso into her home. Ariodante is distraught and thinks of suicide. Friend Lurcanio intercedes and counsels revenge instead. Ariodante bemoans his fate.
Scherza, infida, in grembo al drudo,
Io tradito, a morte in braccio,
Per tua colpa ora men vo. /
Ma a spezzar lindegno laccio,
Ombra mesta e spirto ignudo,
Per pena io tornero. (da capo)
Enjoy yourself, o faithless one,
In the arms of your lover. Betrayed by you
I will now give myself up to death's embrace. /
But in order to break this shameful tie,
A sad shade and bereaved spirit,
I will return to punish you. (da capo)
Watch videos with other singers performing Scherza infida:
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Magdalena Kožená
2 - Ann Hallenberg
5 - Rolando Villazón
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
5 - David Daniels
2 - Sarah Connolly
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Svetlina Stoyanova
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
2 - Susan Graham
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Alice Coote
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Vivica Genaux
5 - Aris Christofellis
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
5 - Blagoj Nacoski
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
5 - Angelo Manzotti
1 - Johannette Zomer
5 - Ian Bostridge
1 - Mireille Lebel
2 - Diana Haller
2 - Paula Murrihy
1 - Sasha Cooke
2 -
2 - Christine Rice
1 - Chen Reiss
1 - Sophie Bevan
2 - Paula Murrihy
5 - Iestyn Davies
6 - Gerald Finley
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Rolando Villazón
1 - Alice Tully
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
1 - Cecilia Young
3 - Maria Caterina Negri
5 - David Daniels
5 - John Beard
2 - Martina Koppelstetter
5 - Kobie van Rensburg
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Benita Valente
2 - Tatiana Troyanos
Other videos of the same singers performing Scherza infida:
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Magdalena Kožená
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Svetlina Stoyanova
2 - Sarah Connolly
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Rolando Villazón
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Sarah Connolly
2 - Magdalena Kožená
2 - Sarah Connolly
5 - Rolando Villazón
2 - Sarah Connolly
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
5 - Franco Fagioli
5 - Franco Fagioli
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
2 - Ann Hallenberg
5 - Blagoj Nacoski
5 - David Daniels
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Angelika Kirchschlager
5 - David Daniels
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Vesselina Kasarova
2 - Magdalena Kožená
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Sarah Connolly
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Ann Murray
2 - Sarah Connolly
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Ann Hallenberg
5 - Franco Fagioli
5 - David Daniels
5 - Angelo Manzotti
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Sarah Connolly
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
5 - Aris Christofellis
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Magdalena Kožená
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
2 - Janet Baker
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Amanda Forsythe
2 - Joyce DiDonato
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
E vivo ancora?E senza il ferro,
oh! Dei! che farò?
Che mi dite, o affanni miei?
Scherza infida in grembo al drudo,
io tradito a morte in braccio
per tua colpa ora men vo.
Mà a spezzar l'indegno laccio,
ombra mesta e spirto ignudo,
per tua pena io tornerò.
English Libretto or Translation:
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