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This aria, Lascia Ch'io Pianga sung in Farinelli Il Castrato was my personal favorite piece. I fell in love with it instantaneously. No matter how many times I had listened to it, I just wouldn't get tired of it. It's like each time I hear it, fresh emotion was evoked. This aria is deliciously painful and sad. Yet... I am loving every second of it. Welcoming the pain as it floods my mind and body, torturing my soul. I felt connected to it somehow... to the cries of the singer, as I too longed to be free again someday. This aria is like an emotional release for my soul.
- See my previous blog post on this endearing film here.
Actually I really like the whole soundtrack of this film. Especially these few arias:
Ombra Fedele Anch'io - Air de Dario (Idaspe)
Alto Giove - Air d'Acio (Polifemo)
Cara Sposa - Air de Rinaldo (Rinaldo)
Generoso Risuegliati O Core - Air de Poro (Cleofide)
- Visit my collection on Farinelli Il Castrato here.
Here's the lyrics and its translation for Lascia Ch'io Pianga:
Lyrics
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!
E che sospiri,
e che sospiri la libertà!
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!
Il duolo infranga
queste ritorte
de miei martiri
sol per pietà,
de miei martiri
sol per pietà.
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!
E che sospiri,
e che sospiri la libertà!
Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri la libertà!
Translation
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long,
and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
The
duel infringes
these images
of my sufferings
I pray for mercy.
for my sufferances.
I pray for mercy.
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And that I long for freedom!
And that I long,
and that I long for freedom!
Let me weep over
my cruel fate,
And
that I long for freedom!
Lascia ch'io pianga
from Act II, Scene 2 of the Italian opera, Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel
Libretto : Aaron Hill, translated into Italian by Giacomo Rossi
* Role : Almirena, daughter
of Goffredo
* Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric coloratura
* Setting : a garden in Argante's palace, , , during the Crusades
* Range : F4 to G5. Tessitura : G4 to F5
* Synopsis : Almirena has been abducted by the sorceress Armida and imprisoned in the palace. She laments her fate.
* This aria appears in both Handel's first
and second versions of the opera. The range listed is for the first version of
the opera.
Visit Aria-Database for more info.
As none of our current era contemporary singers can sing like Farinelli. Who has a wide vocal range (over 4 octaves) and a massive lung capacity to produce 250 notes in a single breath. Producers of this movie had to use a process called sound morphing to blend both a soprano and a countertenor voices into a single voice to create this magnificent singing voice of Farinelli.
If you are interested to learn more on how it was done, please visit SONY Classics.
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