Dennis Chmelensky(독일 보이소프라노) - Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Rinaldo)

 

  
Dennis Chmelensky - Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Rinaldo)
Italian Lyrics
Lascia ch'io pianga
Mia cruda sorte,
E che sospiri
La liberta.
Il duolo infranga
Queste ritorte,
De' miei martiri
Sol per pieta.
English Translation
Let me weep
My cruel fate,
And that I
should have freedom.
The duel infringes
within these twisted places,
in my sufferings
I pray for mercy.

1995년 독일태생의 보이 소프라노 Dennis Chmelensky  자신의 앨범에 실린 곡
Dennis Chmelensky singing Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Rinaldo) by Handel. 
He was born in 1995 in Berlin, Germany and this is the second track on his album "Dennis." 
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헨델의 오레파 Rinaldo는 영국무대를 위해 쓰여진 첫번째 이탤리언 오페라 이다.
영국의 음악 비평가들로부터는 호평을 받지 못햇지만 11세기 십자가 전쟁의
예루살렘에서 일어난 일을 토대로한 오페라를 청중들은 좋아 했다
Handel's opera, Rinaldo, was the first Italian opera written for the English stage. 
Despite less-than-stellar judgements from the English music critics, the audiences loved it. 
The story takes place in Jerusalem at the end of the 11th century, at the time of the first Crusades.
 At the end of the first act, the knight Rinaldo sits with his lover, Almirena in the garden.
 All of a sudden the evil sorceress appears and abducts Almirena.
 At the start of the second act, Almirena sits in her captor's palace garden mourning her predicament. 
Having been taken away from the love of her life with no hope of ever escaping, Almirena can only pray for mercy.
 Listen to this sublime performance of "Lascia ch'io pianga" by Renee Fleming on YouTube. 
To learn more about the story of Rinaldo, read the Rinaldo Synopsis.