Farinelli - Lascia Ch'io Pianga

Farinelli - Lascia Ch'io Pianga

Händel: Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) - Piau (Forck)

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"Laschia Ch'io Pianga"

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte
E che sospiri la liberta

E che sospiri
E che sospiri la liberta

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte
E che sospiri la liberta

Il duolo infranga queste ritorte
De miei martiri sol per pieta
De miei martiri sol per pieta

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte
E che sospiri la liberta


[English translation:]

Let me weep over my cruel fate
And sigh for my lost freedom

And sigh
And sigh for my lost freedom

Let me weep over my cruel fate
And sigh for my lost freedom

May the pain shatter the chains
Of my torments just out of mercy
Of my torments just out of mercy

Let me weep over my cruel fate
And sigh for my lost freedom

"Lascia ch'io pianga" is an Italian-language soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel which has become a popular concert piece.

The original melody for the aria is first found in Act III of Handel's 1705 opera Almira as a Sarabande. The score for this can be seen on page 81 of Vol. 55 of Chrysander

Three years later, Handel re-cycled the melody and used it for an aria for the character Piacere in the second part of his 1707 oratorio Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (also entitled El tronfo del Tempo e della Verità. This version of the aria is entitled, "Lascia la spina". Chrysander's score for this aria can be seen on page 76 of Vol. 24.

The text and lyrics for this version of the aria are as follows:

Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa; tu vai cercando il tuo dolor.

Canuta brina per mano ascosa, giungerà quando nol crede il cuor.

Leave the thorn, take the rose; you go searching for your pain.

Gray frost by hidden hand will come when you heart doesn't expect it.

In 1711, Handel recycled the music yet again, this time for his 1711 London opera Rinaldo, using a new text (see below) and giving the aria to the character Almirena (portrayed by soprano Isabella Girardeau in the opera's premiere) in act 2. Rinaldo was a major triumph for Handel, and it is with this work that the aria is chiefly associated.

The libretto was written by Giacomo Rossi.

Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la libertà. Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de' miei martiri sol per pietà.

Allow that I weep over my cruel fate, and that I may sigh for the freedom Let my sadness shatter these chains of my suffering, if only out of pity.

Almira, Königin von Castilien ("Almira, Queen of Castile", HWV 1; full title: Der in Krohnen erlangte Glücks-Wechsel, oder: Almira, Königin von Castilien) is George Frideric Handel's first opera, composed when he was 19 years old. It was first performed in Hamburg in January 1705.

Farinelli (Italian pronunciation: [fariˈnɛlːi]) (24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782), was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (pronounced [ˈkarlo ˈbrɔski]), celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera.

Lascia chio pianga von oper Rinaldo - Georg Friedrich Händel.