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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

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act 2 - "Ahi, caso acerbo" - "Ma io, che in questa lingua"

Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act 2 - "Ahi, caso acerbo" - "Ma io, che in questa lingua" · Anne Sofie von Otter · English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner · The Monteverdi Choir

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

℗ ℗ 1987 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

Released on: 1987-01-01

Executive Producer: Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Executive Producer: Charlotte Kriesch
Balance Engineer, Recording Producer: Karl-August Naegler
Editor, Recording Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky
Author: Alessandro Striggio
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

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Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

MESSAGGIERA
Ma 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:

MESSENGER
But 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.

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