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Franz Joseph Haydn - Orlando Paladino (1782) - Duettino for Eurilla & Pasquale & Aria for Pasquale - "Quel tuo visetto amabile" & "Ecco spiano" (Elly Ameling & Domenico Trimarchi)

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Uploaded by on Jan 15, 2009

While most of the characters in "Orlando Paladino" could be considered quasi-comic, it is the shepherdess Eurilla and Orlando's squire, Pasquale, who provide the true comic relief with their amorous dialogs. It's an ironic touch of Haydn and his librettist that their comic love duet precedes the more serious peace of Angelica and Medoro. The duettino, set to a light, sunny melody, disrupted only by a move to the minor as the girl notices her chevalier's silence, is especially notable for the fact that it almost becomes an aria for Eurilla who praises the charms of Pasquale who is, first, unable to even speak but, when he does make a sound, he only manages to utter lonely syllables or, further into the duet, mutters bashfully. Only at the end does he join Eurilla for an allegro coda that brings peace to both of the lovers. Pasquale, in a later monologue, shows off his musical prowess in front of his lover, displaying his falsetto, trills, staccato, breathing in a charming operatic tradition, also introducing us to the orchestra, in the process.

Elly Ameling and Domenico Trimarchi are unbeatable as the comic pair. Hope you'll enjoy :)!

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  • Ah, che un musico castrato como me non canta affè. Che ne dice, che le pare? Torno larco a impegolare, ed il resto suonerò. Che biscrome! che terzine! Oh che belle volatine! Oh che acuto! oh che basso! Che pasaggio, che fracasso! Che ne dice, che le pare? Questo è il modo di suonare. La saluto, e me ne vo.
  • Great moment in opera. Right there with Mozart. Haydn operas amazing.

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  • ¿Alguien sabe dónde o cómo puedo conseguir este bello dueto en mp3?

  • Ecco spiano

    Ecco il mio trillo

    non la cedo a nessun grillo

    al fagotto e alloboè

    Come arpeggio

    Che staccate

    Senta queste sincopate

    il furioso, landantino

    e ancor questo gruppettino

    contrattempi, lobbligato

  • alguien conoce el libreto? o puede facilitar o la letra del ecco spiano?

    es fantastico hyden

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