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 |
George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759)
"The story of love, battle and redemption"
Opera Rinaldo, HWV7
Dramma per musica in tre atti
Libretto: Giacomo Rossi
The first performance at the Queen's Theatre in London's Haymarket, on 24 February 1711.
Rinaldo: a nobleman of the House of Este by Suzie Leblanc, soprano
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
e che sospiri
la libertà.
Il duolo infranga
queste ritorte,
de' miei martiri
sol per pietà.
Performed:
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano
Stephen Stubbs
Arion Ensemble
[on period instruments]
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Artwork: Rinaldo and Armida by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1753.
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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