Caro! Bella! (duet from Giulio Cesare)

[opera_cat]

Here is a love duet between Caesar and Cleopatra from Handel's opera Giulio Cesare. The words aren't very substantial, but the music is gorgeous. But perhaps I shouldn't editorialize?

CLEOPATRA	CLEOPATRA
Caro!	My dear!
CESARE	CAESAR
Bella!	My lovely!
CLEOPATRA e CESARE	CLEOPATRA and CAESAR
Più amabile beltà	Beauty more worthy of love
mai non si troverà	will never be found
del tuo bel volto.	than your beautiful face.
In me/te non splenderà	In me/you there will not shine
né amor né fedeltà	either love or constancy
da te/me disciolto.	separate from you/me.
Caro (ecc.)	My dear! (etc.)

Comments

[angstnokami.livejournal.com]

Hm, I want to hear some of these... *makes mental note to search through the local library's audio collection*

[opera-cat.livejournal.com]

Excellent!