Gluck Orfeo ed Euredice Che Fiero Momento

Sulvya McNair
John Elliot Gardiner

EURYDICE
What life is this now
which I am about to lead?
And what fatal,
terrible secret
does Orpheus hide from me?
Why does he weep and grieve?
Ah, I am as yet unaccustomed
to the sorrows
suffered by the living!
Beneath so great a blow
my constancy fails,
the light fades
before my eyes;
my breath, locked in my bosom,
becomes laboured.
I tremble, I sway
and feel my heart wildly beating
with anguish and terror.

Aria

EURYDICE
Oh bitter moment!
Oh cruel fate!
To pass from death
to such sorrow!

I was used to the peace
of a tranquil oblivion;
but in these tempests
my heart is shattered.

EURIDICE
Qual vita è questa mai,
Che a vivere incomincio! E qual arcano
M'asconde Orfeo?
Tratto m'avria dal recesso ferale
Per farsi reo del perfido abbandono?
Agli occhi miei
Si smentisce la luce. Oppresso in seno
Mi diventa affannoso
Il respirar. Tremo... vacillo... e sento
Fra l'angoscia e il terrore,
Quando all'ebbrezza, rediviva, aspiro
Da un palpito crudel vibrarmi il core.

Aria

EURIDICE
Che fiero momento!
Che barbara sorte!
Passar dalla morte
A tanto dolor!

Avvezza al contento
D'un placido oblio,
Fra queste tempeste
Si perde il mio cor.

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[Simon1313132]

Gardiner is without a doubt one of the best conductors, he can feel almost any epoque of music perfectly

[Ginii1]

LOVE IT, this version is so much better than the Jacobs's version !!!

[hillevifan]

yep

[elias12186]

K. 490?

[hillevifan]

i just posted a version of margaret marshall singing the alternative non temer amato bene with violin if you like that aria!

[elias12186]

Yep :) I'd like to post it but I can't

[hillevifan]

No actually I don't- is that the one w/ julia varady as elettra and Peter schreier as idamante?

[elias12186]

I think I like Bohm's recording best :) Do you have it?

[hillevifan]

I have that complete recording! Its wonderful

[elias12186]

Im posted some of her from Idomeneo :)