Se il tuo duol

My first effort at converting music from an LP to digital - I am happy about this:) The recording has a few little crackles, but I love the way Schreier sings this aria with such abandon! I hope you like it ...

Se il tuo duol, Arbace's aria from Act I of Idomeneo by W.A. Mozart

Arbace - Peter Schreier, Tenor

Staatskapelle Dresden
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor


Se il tuo duol, se il mio desio
Se'nvolassero del pari
A ubbidirti qual son io
Saria il duol pronto a fuggir.
Quali a trono sian compagni
Chi l'ambisce or veda e impari
Stia lontan, o non si lagni
Se non trova che martir.

If your grief and my desire to serve you
should take equal flight
your sorrow would speedily vanish.
Those who are close to the throne,
who covet it. let them see, and learn,
stay far away or not complain,
if they find nothing but anguish.