“Vado a morir” from the opera Arminio, HWV 36
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
Ensemble Il Basilico - Concertino Eva Saladin

First performed January 12, 1737 at the Covent Garden Theatre with castrato Domenico Annibali in the role of Arminio.

ARMINIO:
Vado a morir. Vi lascio
la pace c’ho nel cor.
Almen colla mia morte,
cara, per te la sorte
dia fine al suo rigor.

TRANSLATION:
I go to die. I leave to you
the peace within my heart.
At least, with my death,
dearest, may destiny
put an end to its cruelty.

From the CD Arias for Domenico Annibali (The Dresden Star Castrato) available from Pan Classics.
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Art in the video:
[1:00] Francisque Desportes (1849 - ca.1891)
[1:15] Francois Xavier Fabre (1766-1837)
[1:36] Nicolas-Guy Brenet (1728–1792)
[1:55] Lionel-Noël Royer (1852-1926)
[2:15] 19th century French School
[2:50] Jean Germain Drouais (1763-1788)
[3:10] Jean Germain Drouais (1763-1788)
[3:30] Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680
[3:52] William Etty (1787-1849)
[4:05] Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
[4:26] Charles Philippe Lariviere (1798-1876)
[4:40] Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)
[5:05] Jacques Réattu (1760–1833)
[5:38] Bon-Thomas Henry (1766-1836)
[6:05] Giovan Battista Langetti (1635–1676)
[6:15] Giovan Battista Langetti (1635–1676)
[6:46] CD cover photo by Minjas Zugik 2015
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