Lascia ch'io Pianga; Almirena's aria from Handel's opera 'Rinaldo'

The mezzo soprano Marianne Asjiki Lihannah sings Almirena's aria and Liz Leachman is the pianist. Handel's Italian opera is a heroic story about battle and love, set in the time of the first crusade. Almirena's well-known aria is very beautiful and full of deep emotion. She has been abducted by the sorceress Armida and imprisoned in the palace, - she laments her fate " May the pain mercifully shatter the chains of my torment". This aria is simultaneously a prayer and an answer to it, intertwined and indistinguishable from each other. - Longing for solace while receiving it, - ingeniously expressed by Handel.

Go well!
Marianne A. Lihannah

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[funeralsingers]

So very lovely -  keep singing!

[YourWeddingSingerUK]

Stunning! -  Thanks for sharing

[TheFuneralSingers]

This aria is really great!  - I love the way you sing it and you have a wonderful voice too.

[LihannaMusic]

So beautiful - I can't stop listening to it!