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Non e si vago e bello

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

Voice(s):

Contralto or Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor

Act:

1.12

Previous scene: Madre! - Mia vita!
Next scene: Tutto puo donna vezzosa

Non è sì vago e bello - Marijana Mijanovic LIVE 2002 in Bremen - Giulio Cesare - Handel

Singer(s): Sarah Connolly Danielle de Niese Dominique Visse

For me simply the most amazing Handel performance ever heard: MARIJANA MIJANOVIC as Giulio Cesare in Bremen, recorded 2 months before the CD.

Musikfest Bremen
21.9.2002 Musicaltheater Bremen
Les Musiciens du Louvre, MARC MINKOWSKI

GIULIO CESARE
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Non è sì vago e bello
il fior nel prato,
quant'è vago e gentile
il tuo bel volto.

D'un fiore il pregio a quello
solo vien dato,
ma tutto un vago aprile
è in te raccolto.
**************
Not so fair and lovely
is the meadow flower,
so soft and gentle
is the beauty of your face.

The charm of a flower
derives from itself alone,
but in you is assembled
all the beauty of April.
**************

Rest of the cast:
Cleopatra - Danielle de Niese
Sesto - Sarah Connolly
Cornelia - Marie Nicole Lemieux
Tolomeo - Flavio Oliver
Achilla - Franck Leguerinel
Nireno - Dominique Visse
Curio - Kevin Greenlaw

Who understands some German, read what M. Minkowski says about M. Mijanovic (last but one paragraph):
"[...] Minkowski: «Das war einst eine Kastratenrolle, und wir wissen nicht genau, wie es getönt hat. Aber ich glaube, dass eine agile Altistin mit einer perfekten Tiefe diesen Stil, diesen Ausdruck natürlicher trifft.» In der jungen Jugoslawin Marijana Mijanovic hat er solch eine Künstlerin gefunden. Auf der «Giulio Cesare»-Tournee sang sie den Titelhelden, eine kleine Sensation."

*Last not least, thank you, CRINDORO, for sending me these most precious mp3s.*

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

Aria Cesare

Non è sì vago e bello il fior nel prato, quant'è vago e gentile il tuo bel volto.

D'un fiore il pregio a quello solo vien dato,
ma tutto un vago aprile
è in te raccolto.

English Libretto or Translation:

Aria Cesare

It is not so vague and beautiful the flower in the meadow, how vague and kind your beautiful face.

Of a flower the merit to the one alone is given,
but all a vague April
it is collected in you.



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