Caro amico amplesso

Caro! Dolce! Amico amplesso from the opera Poro, re dell'Indie [Porus, King of India], HWV 28
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Sandrine Piau, soprano
Sara Mingardo, contralto
Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

The opera was first performed at the King's Theatre in London on February 2, 1731 with the famous castrato Senesino in the title role and Anna Maria Strada del Pò as his wife, Cleofide.
 
This is the Act II duet for Poro and his wife, Cleofide.

CLEOFIDE Caro!
PORO Dolce!
CLEOFIDE e PORO Amico amplesso,
CLEOFIDE Al mio seno,
PORO Al core oppresso,
CLEOFIDE e PORO Già dai vita e fai goder;
CLEOFIDE Tua mi rendo,
PORO A te mi dono,
CLEOFIDE Idol mio fedel ti sono,
PORO Son per te constante e forte,
CLEOFIDE Teco vogio vita e morte,
Spera o caro, e non temer.
PORO Spera o bella, e non temer.

CLEOPHIS Dear . . .
PORUS Tender . . .
CLEOPHIS & PORUS Sweet embrace,
CLEOPHIS To my breast,
PORUS To my oppressed heart,
CLEOPHIS & PORUS You restore life and happiness;
CLEOPHIS To you I abandon myself,
PORUS To you I yield,
CLEOPHIS My idol I am faithful to you,
PORUS For you I am constant and strong,
CLEOPHIS With you I would live and die.
Hope, my dearest, have no fear.
PORUS Hope, my fairest, have no fear.

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Art in the video by GK. Shravan Kumar (b. 1972)