"Dopo notte, altra e funesta" -Sarah Connolly Video

"Dopo notte, altra e funesta"
from Handel's Ariodante (HMV 33)

Performed by Sarah Connolly
with The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers, conductor

on the CD Handel: Heroes and Heroines

"Dopo notte, atra e funesta,
splende in Ciel più vago il sole,
e di gioia empie la terra.

Mentre in orrida tempesta
il mio legno è quasi assorto,
giunge in porto, e'l lido afferra."

["After black and gloomy night
the sun shines more radiantly in the sky
and fills the Earth with joy.

Whereas in the fearful tempest
my barque was almost engulfed.
Now it has entered harbor and reached the shore."]

Art by Eustache Le Sueur (1617-1655)

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mariandelochs: Beautiful artwork, music - sung by one of the finest mezzos around today. Thanks for this ! Funny that I've just uploaded two other cuts from this excellent self-same CD, too ! It should really get more exposure.

Habrolissimo: This is perhaps the most lyrical version of the aria I've ever heard. She sings very stylishly--I enjoyed the ornamentation very much.

Author: jdstivers; Uploaded: Nov 4, 2009; Duration: 6:57; Views: 164

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