Handel - Flavio "Bel contento" Derek Lee Ragin. George Frideric Handel Flavio, re de' Langobardi, HWV 16 "Bel contento" Guido's aria from Act I, Scene 4 Libretto: By Nicola Francesco Haym Completed …More
Handel - Flavio "Bel contento" Derek Lee Ragin.
George Frideric Handel Flavio, re de' Langobardi, HWV 16 "Bel contento" Guido's aria from Act I, Scene 4 Libretto: By Nicola Francesco Haym Completed score: 7 May 1723 First performance: 14 May 1723, London, King's Theatre, Haymarket. (Duration: 156') (8 performances to 15 June) Original cast from first performance: Flavio : Gaetano Berenstadt (alto-castrato) Guido : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato) Emilia : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano) Vitige : Margherita Durastanti (soprano) Teodata : Anastasia Robinson (contralto) Lotario : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass) Ugone : Alexander Gordon (tenor) In this recording: Derek Lee Ragin Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini Direction:Rene Jacobs "Flavio, re di Longobardi" is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Matteo Noris's "Il Flavio Cuniberto". It was Handel's fourth opera for the Royal Academy of Music. Handel had originally entitled the opera after the character of Emilia in the opera.Handel completed the score only 7 days before the premiere, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London on 14 May 1723. There were 8 performances in the premiere run.The work was revived on 18 April 1732, under the direction of the composer, for 4 performances. There were no further revivals until it was rediscovered and performed in Göttingen in 1967. The first UK performance since Handel's time was in August 1969 at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon. Original Text Recitativo: Son pur felice al fine. Ahi! Per la tenerezza Sento stemprarmi il core. Parmi veder sull'etra Per sì fausto Imeneo tutte le stelle Rider più liete, e scintillar più belle. Aria: Bel contento già gode quest'alma Né più teme d'avere a penar, che d'Amore la placida calma il mio seno qui giunge a bear. Translation Recitative: I am happy, at last! Ah, I feel my heart dissolve in tenderness! It seems to me I see up in the skies -because of such a fortunate marriage- all the stars smile more brightly and scintillate more beautifully. Aria: Now my soul enjoys sweet content nor fears it must suffer again, for the peaceful calm of Love is come to bless my heart.
George Frideric Handel Flavio, re de' Langobardi, HWV 16 "Bel contento" Guido's aria from Act I, Scene 4 Libretto: By Nicola Francesco Haym Completed score: 7 May 1723 First performance: 14 May 1723, London, King's Theatre, Haymarket. (Duration: 156') (8 performances to 15 June) Original cast from first performance: Flavio : Gaetano Berenstadt (alto-castrato) Guido : Francesco Bernardi, called "Senesino" (alto-castrato) Emilia : Francesca Cuzzoni (soprano) Vitige : Margherita Durastanti (soprano) Teodata : Anastasia Robinson (contralto) Lotario : Giuseppe Maria Boschi (bass) Ugone : Alexander Gordon (tenor) In this recording: Derek Lee Ragin Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini Direction:Rene Jacobs "Flavio, re di Longobardi" is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Matteo Noris's "Il Flavio Cuniberto". It was Handel's fourth opera for the Royal Academy of Music. Handel had originally entitled the opera after the character of Emilia in the opera.Handel completed the score only 7 days before the premiere, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, London on 14 May 1723. There were 8 performances in the premiere run.The work was revived on 18 April 1732, under the direction of the composer, for 4 performances. There were no further revivals until it was rediscovered and performed in Göttingen in 1967. The first UK performance since Handel's time was in August 1969 at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon. Original Text Recitativo: Son pur felice al fine. Ahi! Per la tenerezza Sento stemprarmi il core. Parmi veder sull'etra Per sì fausto Imeneo tutte le stelle Rider più liete, e scintillar più belle. Aria: Bel contento già gode quest'alma Né più teme d'avere a penar, che d'Amore la placida calma il mio seno qui giunge a bear. Translation Recitative: I am happy, at last! Ah, I feel my heart dissolve in tenderness! It seems to me I see up in the skies -because of such a fortunate marriage- all the stars smile more brightly and scintillate more beautifully. Aria: Now my soul enjoys sweet content nor fears it must suffer again, for the peaceful calm of Love is come to bless my heart.