Aris Christofellis, sopranist. Gluck: Air de Sesto

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Se mai senti spirarti sul volto, Air de Sesto, from La clemenza di Tito, by Christoph-Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787). First performed in Naples, 1750 with castrato Caffarelli (Gaetano Majorano) as Sesto. Aris Christofellis, falsetto sopranist.

Se mai senti spirarti sul volto
lieve fiato che lento saggiri
di son questi gli estremi sospriri
del mio fido che more per me.
Al mio spirto dal seno disciolto
la memoria di tanti martiri
sara dolce con questa merce.

If ever you feel on your cheek
a light breath drifting around,
these are the last sighs
of my trusted, who dies for me.
To my spirit, divorced from my body,
the memory of so much suffering
will be sweetened by this comfort.

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• Aris
• Christofellis
• sopranist
• Gluck
• La
• Clemenza
• Caffarelli
• castrato
• voice
• Baroque
• opera

[petermeikle]

Astonishing - exquisite - an absolute gem - glorious phrasing and totally moving - thank you for this posting