Händel, Georg Friedrich : Lascia ch’io pianga F-Dur HWV 7b
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Music ID :
17397
Composition Year：1731 Instrumentation：Lied
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：4 min 20 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
Last Updated: April 13, 2012
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
Last Updated: April 13, 2012
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.
Quoted from the 19th Public Recording Concert Program
Handel's first Italian opera premiered in England was "Rinaldo." In the opera, Almirena, held captive by the Saracen sorceress in Jerusalem, sings this aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Let me weep over my cruel fate), to maintain her fidelity to her beloved Rinaldo, even when courted by the enemy king Argante. "Lascia ch'io pianga" is one of Handel's representative arias, alongside "Ombra mai fù."
Let me weep over my cruel fate, and long for liberty.
May this sorrow, by pity,
shatter the chains from my martyrdom.
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