Aris Christofellis, sopranist. Il tenero momento, Cecilios aria from Lucio Silla, first sung by castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, age 15-16 for Milan opera season, 1772-1773. Libretto by Giovanni de Gamerra with alterations by Metastasio.
Il tenero momento
Premio di tanto amore
Già mi dipinge il core
Fra I dolci suoi pensier.
E qual sarà il contento,
Chal fianco suo maspetta,
Se tanto ora malletta
Lidea del mio placer?
(da capo)
My heart already show me
In its loving thoughts
The tender moment,
The prize of so much love.
And what joy there will be
Awaiting me by her side,
If the prospect of my pleasure
Already delights me.
(to the beginning.)