"Ritorna nel core vezzosa, brillante" (Arminio) - Geraldine McGreevy & Vivica Genaux

"Ritorna nel core vezzosa, brillante"
Duet from Handel's opera Arminio (HWV 36)

Geraldine McGreevy & Vivica Genaux
Il Complesso Barocco under Alan Curtis

First performed at Covent Garden Theatre in London on January 12, 1737.
Domenico Annibali (alto-castrato) as Arminio and Anna Maria Strada del Pò (soprano) as Tusnelda.

Libretto based on one by Antonio Salvi.

TUSNELDA:
Ritorna nel core vezzosa, brillante
la pace, la calma, per te caro ben.

ARMINIO:
Resplende nell'alma amante, festante
la pace, la calma, per te caro ben.

TUSNELDA & ARMINIO:

I nodi tenaci di nostra costanza,
i fermi legami di fede e speranza,
or rendono eterno l'amore nel sen.

Translation:

THUSNELDA:
To my heart return again blissful peace and smiling joy.

ARMINIUS:
To my breast now only reign, blissful peace and smiling joy.

THUSNELDA & ARMINIUS:

There mutual love and gay delight,
there hope and equal truth unite,
and fix the indissoluble tie.

CD available from Virgin Veritas:

http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Arminio-George-Frideric/dp/B00005A9NG/ref=sr_1_1...

Further research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminio

Art by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Alma-Tadema

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Baroque
• Handel
• duet
• opera
• Arminio
• McGreevy
• Genaux
• Curits
• Alma-Tadema

[jdstivers]

Thanks, Tania. I always try to match the art with the music, so it's nice to know that others notice and appreciate that.

[TaniaSSmith]

Thank you. I really enjoy how your transitions match visual and audio. Alma Tadema is one of my favorite visual artists. Around 2:44 the image of the dancer fits right in with the music.

[lalagonegaga]

Geraldine McGreevy is really a discovery for me. Vivica is, of course, her usual amazing self. :)