G.F.Handel aria "Un cenno leggiadretto" opera "Serse"

[whomakemefeel]

Splendid aria indeed

[contessabrilliante]

Where have you been all my life?

I just love this! I was listening to the other version with Lucia Popp (love it too) except it's faster than this one. But with version has embellishments. If anyone reading this knows the words or has them on the pamphlet of a disk cover, please, please, post them up (via "reply"or something). I want to use this one for some auditions. Eventually I'll get it from the local university music library but now its below 0 outside and I would like to speed up things.

[smnole]

"Un cenno leggiadretto" - aria ATALANTA: Un  cenno leggiadretto, Un riso vezzosetto, Un molto di pupille Puo fare innamorar. Lusinghe, pianti e frodi Son anche certi modi, Che destano faville E tutti io li so fach. Un cenno leggiadretto, ecc.

[Gudrun74]

Like it quite, although slower than what I knew so far. But very nice da capo ornaments incl good trillo (4:06) which is rare!

Oooh, I just read about this Easter festival in Krakow. This is nothing but INCREDIBLE, the whole world of baroque: Minko, Biondi, Alessandrini etc. plus their top singers! Hope you can go to Bajazet, for me the most amazing spectacle on today's baroque opera stage. Saw it last year and Genaux sang the un-singable "Qual guerriero in campo armato", a miracle!!

[smnole]

Yes,I have booked tickets for this spectacle (Bajazet) and I'm really proud of myself ;D

I will post some clips from this festival in future :D

[Gudrun74]

Coool. I'm going to see Bajazet in Madrid 4 days later :-)))

Look forward to your clips from Krakow,

Gudrun

[Gudrun74]

In case of interest (but I hope that nobody will ever SING it in English again, grrr):

A graceful little gesture,

a coquettish little smile,

or a twinkle in the eye:

these should bewitch the man

Flattery, however, a few tears and guile

are also trusty methods

of stroking a fire

and I am quite an expert in such crafts!

[lasultanica]

thank you Stan! beautiful! : )