Alma del gran Pompeo

Opera details:

Opera title:	Giulio Cesare
Composer:	Georg Handel
Language:	Italian
Synopsis:	Giulio Cesare Synopsis
Libretto:	Giulio Cesare Libretto
Translation(s):	English

Aria details:

Type:	aria
Role(s):	Giulio Cesare / Cleopatra / Curio
Voice(s):	Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor
Act:	1.10

Previous scene:	L'empio sleale indegno
Next scene:	Sire, con Sesto il figlio

Alfred Deller sings Handel - RARE

Singer: Alfred Deller

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The great countertenor, Alfred Deller, sings:

1. "Alma del gran Pompeo" from Handel's Giulio Cesare (1953)
2. "O thou that tellest" from Handel's Messiah (1953)

both are recorded with the Philharmonia.

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

Arioso Cesare

Alma del gran Pompeo,
che al cenere suo d'intorno
invisibil t'aggiri,
fur'ombre i tuoi trofei,
ombra la tua grandezza, e un'ombra sei. Così termina al fine il fasto umano.
Ieri che vivo occupò un mondo in guerra, oggi risolto in polve un'urna serra.
Tal di ciascuno, ahi lasso!
il principio è di terra, e il fine è un sasso, Misera vita! oh, quanto è fral tuo stato! Ti forma un soffio, e ti distrugge un fiato.

English Libretto or Translation:

Arioso Cesare

Alma del gran Pompeo,
that to the ash its around
invisibil t'aggi,
your trophies are dark
shade your size, and a shadow you are. Thus ends the human splendor.
Yesterday I lived occupied a world in war, today resolved in a greenhouse urn.
Tal of each, ouch lasso!
the principle is of earth, and the end is a stone, Misera vita! oh, how fral your state is! It forms a breath, and it destroys your breath.

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