Lascia ch'io pianga
Opera details:
Opera title: | Rinaldo |
Composer: | Georg Handel |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Rinaldo Synopsis |
Libretto: | Rinaldo Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Rinaldo |
Voice(s): | Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor |
Act: | 2 |
| Previous scene: | Vo' far guerra |
| Next scene: | Abbruggio avampo e fremo |
George Frideric Handel : Lascia Ch'io Pianga. Elin Manahan Thomas.
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas"Lascia Ch'io Pianga" the lovely aria from Handel's opera "Rinaldo" is sung here by the Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas. The orchestra is the Orchestra of the age of Enlightenment, conducted by Harry Christophers.
Lascia Ch'io Pianga
Lascia ch'io pianga - Let me weep
mia cruda sorte, - over my cruel fate
e che sospiri - and sigh
la liberta! - for freedom.
Il duolo infranga - May my grief
queste ritorte - mercifully
de' miei martiri - break these chains
sol per pieta. - of anguish.
Translation : Ken Chalmers.
Watch videos with other singers performing Lascia ch'io pianga:
1 - Julia Lezhneva
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Montserrat Caballé
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
5 - Franco Fagioli
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Sandrine Piau
5 - Andreas Scholl
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Karina Gauvin
2 - Cristina Iordachescu
1 - Danielle de Niese
1 - Arleen Auger
1 - Renée Fleming
2 - Marilyn Horne
1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
2 - Malena Ernman
1 - Roberta Invernizzi
3 - Nathalie Stutzmann
3 - Sara Mingardo
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Louise Fribo
5 - José Carreras
1 - Sumi Jo
2 - Magdalena Koená
5 - Robert Crowe
2 - Nicolň Grimaldi
6 - Muslim Magomayev
1 - Marita Solberg
2 - Sarah Connolly
1 - Suzie LeBlanc
5 - Angelo Manzotti
2 - Grace Bumbry
1 - Yvonne Kenny
1 - Claudia Muzio
1 - Annick Massis
1 - Miah Persson
1 - Benita Valente
6 - Giuseppe De Luca
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas
1 - Inva Mula
1 - Simone Kermes
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
3 - Ewa Podles
3 - Hilary Summers
5 - Daniel Taylor
1 - Laura Claycomb
1 - Magali Léger
1 - Natalie Dessay
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Sandrine Piau
2 - Ann Hallenberg
2 - Delphine Haidan
2 - Karine Deshayes
2 - Renata Pokupi?
3 - Sara Mingardo
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Rolando Villazón
5 - Topi Lehtipuu
1 - Brenda Rae
3 - Sonia Prina
5 - Tim Mead
5 - William Towers
Other videos of the same singers performing Lascia ch'io pianga:
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Karina Gauvin
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
1 - Patricia Petibon
1 - Julia Lezhneva
1 - Sonya Yoncheva
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Marilyn Horne
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Sandrine Piau
1 - Yvonne Kenny
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Maria Callas
1 - Claudia Muzio
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - Robert Crowe
1 - Suzie LeBlanc
1 - Renée Fleming
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Franco Fagioli
2 - Marilyn Horne
5 - Angelo Manzotti
2 - Joyce DiDonato
1 - Angela Gheorghiu
1 - Suzie LeBlanc
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
RINALDO
Lascia ch'io pianga
Mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri
La libertà.
Il duolo infranga
Queste ritorte,
De' miei martiri
Sol per pietà.
English Libretto or Translation:
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.
External links for Lascia ch'io pianga
| Sheetmusic for aria |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this aria | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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