Ahi caso acerbo-1
Opera details:
Opera title: | L' Orfeo |
Composer: | Claudio Monteverdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | L' Orfeo Synopsis |
Libretto: | L' Orfeo Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Quartet details:
Type: | quartet |
Role(s): | La messaggera / Pastore I / Pastore III / Orfeo |
Voice(s): | Soprano / Tenor / Tenor / Tenor |
Act: | 2.06 |
| Previous scene: | Mira, deh mira Orfeo |
| Next scene: | In un fiorito prato |
L'Orfeo: Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo! (Chorus, Messenger, Shepherds 1 and 3, Shepherd 2, Chorus)
Singer(s): Aaron Sheehan Frank Kelley Robert HoneysuckerProvided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
L'Orfeo: Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo! (Chorus, Messenger, Shepherds 1 and 3, Shepherd 2, Chorus) · Laurie Monahan
Monteverdi, C.: Orfeo (L') (Opera)
â„— 2008 Centaur Records, Inc.
Released on: 2008-01-01
Artist: Laurie Monahan
Artist: Frank Kelley
Artist: Roberta Anderson
Artist: Jeffrey Gall
Artist: William Hite
Artist: Aaron Sheehan
Artist: Deborah Rentz-Moore
Artist: David Ripley
Artist: Sharon Baker
Artist: Robert Honeysucker
Artist: Michael Collver
Conductor: Daniel Stepner
Ensemble: Aston Magna
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
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Watch videos with other singers performing Ahi caso acerbo-1:
5 - Kobie van Rensburg
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Thierry Grégoire
6 - Vincent Bouchot
7 - Bernard Deletré
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
5 - Guy de Mey
5 - Henri Ledroit
6 - Gino Quilico
2 - Anna Reynolds
5 - Ian Partridge
5 - James Bowman
5 - John Elwes
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
3 - Sara Mingardo
2 - Guillemette Laurens
5 - Aaron Sheehan
5 - Frank Kelley
6 - Robert Honeysucker
3 - Sara Mingardo
5 - Carlos Mena
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - Michael Chance
1 - Carolyn Sampson
5 - Paul Agnew
6 - Christopher Maltman
5 - Guy de Mey
6 - François Le Roux
2 - Jennifer Larmore
5 - Dominique Visse
6 - Nicolas Rivenq
5 - Makoto Sakurada
2 - Anna Reynolds
5 - Ian Partridge
5 - John Elwes
5 - Helmut Krebs
5 - Max Meili
3 - Sonia Prina
5 - Xavier Sabata
6 - Dietrich Henschel
2 - Jeanne Deroubaix
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
5 - Helmut Krebs
Other videos of the same singers performing Ahi caso acerbo-1:
5 - Kobie van Rensburg
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
5 - Thierry Grégoire
6 - Vincent Bouchot
7 - Bernard Deletré
3 - Sara Mingardo
5 - Aaron Sheehan
5 - Frank Kelley
6 - Robert Honeysucker
5 - Makoto Sakurada
2 - Jennifer Larmore
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - Michael Chance
2 - Anna Reynolds
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
5 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5 - Michael Chance
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
5 - Xavier Sabata
2 - Anna Reynolds
2 - Anna Reynolds
5 - Ian Partridge
5 - John Elwes
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
MESSAGGIERAAhi caso acerbo, ahi fat'empio e crudele.
Ahi stelle ingiuriose, ahi ciel avaro.
PASTORE I
Qual suon dolente il lieto dì perturba?
MESSAGGIERA
Lassa! dunque debb'io,
Mentre Orfeo con sue note il ciel consola,
Con le parole mie passargli il core?
PASTORE Ill
Questa è Silvia gentile,
Dolcissima compagna
Della bell'Euridice: oh, quanto è in vista
Dolorosa! Or che fia? Deh, sommi Dei,
Non torcete da noi benigno il guardo.
MESSAGGIERA
Pastor, lasciate il canto,
Ch'ogni nostra allegrezza in doglia è volta.
ORFEO
D'onde vieni? ove vai? Ninfa, che porti?
MESSAGGIERA
A te ne vengo, Orfeo,
Messaggiera infelice,
Di caso più infelice e più funesto:
La tua bella Euridice ...
ORFEO
Oimè, che odo?
MESSAGGIERA
La tua diletta sposa è morta.
ORFEO
Oimè!
English Libretto or Translation:
MESSENGERAh, bitter blow! Ah, wicked, cruel Fate!
Ah, baleful stars! Ah, avaricious heaven!
FIRST SHEPHERD
What mournful sound disturbs this happy day?
MESSENGER
Alas! Must I then,
while Orpheus delights heaven with his music,
pierce his heart with my words?
THIRD SHEPHERD
This is the gentle Sylvia,
fair Eurydice's sweetest companion
Oh, what sadness is in her face!
What has happened now? Ah, ye gods above,
do not avert your kindly gaze from us!
MESSENGER
Shepherd ' cease your singing,
for all our gaiety has turned to pain.
ORPHEUS
Whence do you come and whither are you going?
Nymph, what news do you bring?
MESSENGER
I come to you, Orpheus,
as an ill?fated bearer of tidings
still more ill?fated and more tragic.
Your lovely Eurydice ...
ORPHEUS
Alasl what do I hear?
MESSENGER
Your beloved bride is dead.
ORPHEUS
Woe is me!
External links for Ahi caso acerbo-1
| Sheetmusic for quartet |  Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this quartet | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
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