Opera title: | Rinaldo |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Rinaldo Synopsis |
Libretto: | Rinaldo Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Rinaldo |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor |
Act: | 2 |
Previous scene: | Vo' far guerra |
Next scene: | Abbruggio avampo e fremo |
Mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato singing "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Händel's opera Rinaldo, accompanied by Il Pomo d'Oro.
This was part of German TV programme ZDF's broadcast "The Venice of Donna Leon" May 2013.
RINALDO
Lascia ch'io pianga
Mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri
La libertà.
Il duolo infranga
Queste ritorte,
De' miei martiri
Sol per pietà.
RINALDO
Let me weep
My cruel fate,
And that I
should have freedom.
The duel infringes
within these twisted places,
in my sufferings
I pray for mercy.
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