Patricia Petibon / Georg Friedrich Händel - Lascia ch'io pianga (From Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera "Rinaldo") | Текст песни

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• Lascia ch'io pianga (From Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera "Rinaldo")

Lascia ch'io pianga, Almirena's aria from Rinaldo

Role : Almirena, daughter of Goffredo
Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric coloratura
Setting : a garden in Argante's palace, Jerusalem, Palestine, during the Crusades
Range : F4 to G5. Tessitura : G4 to F5
Synopsis : Almirena has been abducted by the sorceress Armida and imprisoned in the palace. She laments her fate.
This aria appears in both Handel's first and second versions of the opera. The range listed is for the first version of the opera.

Lascia ch'io pianga
Mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri
La libertа.

Il duolo infranga
Queste ritorte,
De' miei martiri
Sol per pietа.