Dovea Svenarti Allora text (and translation from the CD booklet here):


ARIA
(a Marzia)
S Dovea svenarti allora
che apristi al dì le ciglia.
(ad Emilia e ad Arbace)
Dite: vedeste ancora
un padre ed una figlia,
perfida al par di lei,
misero al par di me?
L’ira soffrir saprei
d’ogni destin tiranno.
A questo solo affanno
costante il cor non è.
(Parte.)

ARIA
(to Marcia)
I should have slain you
the day you first opened your eyes.
(to Emilia and Arbaces)
Tell me, did you ever see
a daughter as treacherous
as she, a father as
wretched as I?
I could endure the wrath
of any tyrannical fate.
This torment alone
my heart cannot withstand.
(Exit.)


Riccardo Minasi conducting the Il Pomo D'Oro

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Another opera seria by the great Vinci (the composer) with libretto by the great Metastasio, it became a quite successful opera since its premiere in Rome in 1728. It featured a all-male cast because of the ban of women singers in Rome by the Pope some years ago. Therefore the women roles are played by castrati - which became a popular feature of operas at that time.
Vivaldi and J.C. Bach also wrote operas using the same libretto.

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