Siebert & Kirkby: Se viver non degg'io; Mozart (Mitridate)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

'Mitridate, re di Ponto' (1770)
Dramma per musica in 3 acts

Libretto: Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi


Duet (Act II)

SIFARE
Se viver non degg'io,
se tu morir pur déi,
lascia, bell'idol mio,
ch'io mora almen con te.

ASPASIA
Con questi accenti, oh dio!
Cresci gli affanni miei;
troppo tu vuoi, ben mio,
troppo tu chiedi a me.

SIFARE
Dunque...

ASPASIA
Deh taci.

SIFARE
Oh dèi!
Ah che tu sola sei,

ASPASIA
Ah, che tu sol, tu sei...

ASPASIA & SIFARE
Che mi dividi il cor.
Barbare stelle ingrate,
ah m'uccidesse adesso
l'eccesso del dolor!

Aspasia: Isolde Siebert - soprano
Sifare: Emma Kirkby - soprano
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks

Live recording (1991)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mozart
• mitridate
• kirkby
• siebert
• hogwood
• duet
• duetto
• opera
• seria

[Thrax1982]

Well, THIS is FAST.

[BarrocoeBrahms]

Kirkby is indeed one of the best soprano voices for ever! And I was lucky to hear her in the 80s singing Handel, Haydn and Dowland!! congtatulations for this wonderful performance!!

[sfkcbf]

Not bad for a teenage composer. It is remarkable that Mozart's reputation was so good in his mid-teens that he was requested to write two operas, Mitridate and Luci Silla.

[Teonareine]

Beautiful aria.

[HM0880]

I love this duet. :)