Handel - Siroe "Ch'io mai vi possa" Cinzia Forte

George Frideric Handel
"Ch'io mai vi possa"
Siroe, rè di Persia, HWV 24
Emira's aria from the 3rd act.
Many thanks to my Marc (MehdiCaps), as always, for translation and proof-reading of the text.
In this recording:
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Completed on February 5, 1728
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Pietro Metastasio (1726)
Premiered on February 17, 1728, at King's Theatre, Haymarket, Londra.

Premiere cast:
Siroe: Senesino, castrato contralto
Cosroe: Giuseppe Maria Boschi, basso
Medarse: Antonio Baldi, castrato contralto
Emira: Faustina Bordoni, soprano
Laodice: Francesca Cuzzoni, soprano
Arasse: Giovanni Battista Palmerini, basso
Original Text:
Ch'io mai vi possa
lasciar d'amare,
non lo credete,
pupille care,
né men per gioco
v'ingannerò.
Voi foste, e siete
le mie faville,
e voi sarete,
care pupille,
il mio bel foco
fin ch'io vivrò.
Translation (by MehdiCaps):
That I could ever
stop loving you,
don't believe it,
dear eyes;
not even for playing
I would deceive you.
You've always been
my sparks,
and you will be,
dear eyes,
my beautiful fire
as long as I live.

[@김지은-z3i]

곡이 너무 좋아요/♡\

[@stefflo712]

So nicely sung! Not too aggressive, but really baroque-alike! Thank god there are singers like you! :) Everything is so precise and the voice is not pushed as opera singers usually tend to do it whatever they sing. Good job!

[@Forcinz]

bellissimo!!

[@이재인-l4c]

곡이 너무x3 좋아요

[@市川純子]

とてもきれいな声ですね

[@sumijo6693]

00:24

[@AlexandraOlsavsky]

I don't know, I find this version slightly dull.

the piano player is so great... who is it?

[@소은-g3g]

와우

[@marie-armelle458]

bien fait ,un peu terne car peu de nuances

[@lamsauping]

I prefer it rather than Johanna Stojkovic