Ma io
Opera details:
Opera title: | L' Orfeo |
Composer: | Claudio Monteverdi |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | L' Orfeo Synopsis |
Libretto: | L' Orfeo Libretto |
Translation(s): | English Deutsch |
Aria details:
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | La messaggera |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 2.10 |
| Previous scene: | Ahi caso acerbo-2 |
| Next scene: | Chi ne consola ahi lassi? |
L'Orfeo, favola in musica, SV 318, Act 2: Choro, "Ahi, caso acerbo!" (Pastori, Ninfe) -...
Singer: Guillemette LaurensProvided to YouTube by Warner Music Group
L'Orfeo, favola in musica, SV 318, Act 2: Choro, "Ahi, caso acerbo!" (Pastori, Ninfe) - Recitativo, "Ma io ch'in questa lingua" (Messagiera) - Sinfonia · London Baroque · Charles Medlam · London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble · Theresa Caudle · Chiaroscuro · Nigel Rogers
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
℗ 1984 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Balance Engineer: Neville Boyling
Bass Vocals: Stephen Varcoe
Conductor: Charles Medlam
Ensemble: London Baroque
Mezzo-soprano Vocals: Guillemette Laurens
Producer: Gerd Berg
Soprano Vocals: Helena Afonso
Tenor Vocals: John Potter
Tenor Vocals: Mario Bolognesi
Tenor Vocals: Rogers Covey-Crump
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
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Watch videos with other singers performing Ma io:
1 - Natalie Dessay
2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
1 - Céline Scheen
2 - Guillemette Laurens
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
2 - Alice Coote
2 - Carolyn Watkinson
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
1 - Roberta Invernizzi
3 - Sara Mingardo
5 - Robert Wilson
6 - Georg Nigl
1 - Carolyn Sampson
1 - Patrizia Ciofi
1 - Sara Macliver
1 - Virginia Rea
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2 - Cathy Berberian
1 - Rotraud Hansmann
2 - Cathy Berberian
Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:
MESSAGGIERAMa io, che in questa lingua
Ho portato il coltello
Ch'ha svenata ad Orfeo l'anima amante,
Odiosa ai pastori et alle ninfe,
Odiosa a me stessa, ove m'ascondo?
Nottola infausta, il sole
Fuggirò sempre e in solitario speco
Menerò vita al mio dolor conforme.
English Libretto or Translation:
MESSENGERBut I, who in my tongue
have borne the knife
that has slain Orpheus's loving heart,
abhorrent to the shepherds and the nymphs,
abhorrent to myself, where shall I hide me?
An ill?omened creature of the night, I will forever
shun the sun, and in a lonely cavern
lead a life in keeping with my sorrow.
External links for Ma io
| 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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