Handel - Siroe "Ch'io mai vi possa" Cinzia Forte

George Frideric Handel

"Ch'io mai vi possa"
Siroe, rè di Persia, HWV 24
Emira's aria from the 3rd act.

Many thanks to my Marc (MehdiCaps), as always, for translation and proof-reading of the text.

In this recording:

Cinzia Forte
http://www.cinziaforte.it/main.asp?page=recensioni&content=recensioni.asp

Completed on February 5, 1728
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Pietro Metastasio (1726)

Premiered on February 17, 1728, at King's Theatre, Haymarket, Londra.




Premiere cast:

Siroe: Senesino, castrato contralto
Cosroe: Giuseppe Maria Boschi, basso
Medarse: Antonio Baldi, castrato contralto
Emira: Faustina Bordoni, soprano
Laodice: Francesca Cuzzoni, soprano
Arasse: Giovanni Battista Palmerini, basso


Original Text:

Ch'io mai vi possa
lasciar d'amare,
non lo credete,
pupille care,
né men per gioco
v'ingannerò.
Voi foste, e siete
le mie faville,
e voi sarete,
care pupille,
il mio bel foco
fin ch'io vivrò.


Translation (by MehdiCaps):

That I could ever
stop loving you,
don't believe it,
dear eyes;
not even for playing
I would deceive you.
You've always been
my sparks,
and you will be,
dear eyes,
my beautiful fire
as long as I live.

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[PIEDRAHITAJORGE]

I love Faustina. Thanks for sharing ; )

[nicosupersex]

the piano player is so great... who is it?

[Maneaualaputere]

i love:X

[TheCompletePurcell]

Oh, I see what you meant, now. It is not a piano score. The top part is for the violins in unison, and the bottom one for the basso continuo.

[TheCompletePurcell]

It's the rule for Baroque music: the vocal part(s) above the basso continuo, and the other instruments (if there are any) above the vocal part(s).

[TheLoneSergeant]

Why's the voice part in the middle?

[girlwithcurls90]

I don't know, I find this version slightly dull.

[HopeWilikinson]

I like the both of them....Johanna Stojkovic is more musical using the Handel melody along with the Tempo n this one is smooth n simiple...melody n the rythm is smooth!!! but both are perfect!!!

Bravo!!!

[LalaVerveling]

Nice

[operatic2]

I like this