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 |
"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.
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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