Scherza infida - Joyce DiDonato LIVE 2007 in Geneva - Ariodante - Handel

Joyce DiDonato - Mezzosoprano LIVE in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov 2007 G.F. Handel: Ariodante, London 1735 Video Trailer of this production: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l5GyahM... Scherza infida is on the Furore CD, and there exist some live radio broadcasts from the Furore tour in December 2008, at least Madrid and Paris. As the aria is too long for yt, I had to cut out around 2 min end of part A (sorry GFH). Total cast: Joyce DiDonato ............. Ariodante Patrica Petibon ................ Ginevra Varduhi Abrahamyan .... Polinesso Amanda Forsythe ............ Dalinda Charles Workman .......... Lurcanio Antonio Abete .... King of Scotland Kenneth Montgomery, conductor Joyce DiDonato about this role on her website: http://www.joycedidonato.com/englishj... "This Prince has long been at the top of my list of 'dream roles', and in a way it's a bit sad to move it from the unknown, virginal stage of "maybe one day I'll get to sing it" to the reality of premiering such an iconic role, knowing that there is only one 'first time'. I have high hopes for this role, as artistically it feels like a perfect fit, and I am surely challenged in every single way with the demands of the role. But the hardest part as I go into Sunday's premiere is that I want it to be so, so good. I want people to breathe each breath along with Ariodante, to feel his naive and unfiltered jubilation at the start of the piece, to walk with him as the poison of doubt enters his veins, as his heart breaks in two when he believes his love to be untrue, not to mention when the realization erupts in him that ultimately he, himself, is the only one to blame for the betrayal, and finally coming full circle to joy again -- but this time, a joy which bares the wounds of his mortality, that shines through the scars of his all too human nature. I want people to take this journey with him, so that at the end of the (nearly) 4 hour evening, they will have experienced a rich odyssey of human fraility. I also want them to be completely absorbed by the almost painfully beautiful music Handel created for his masterpiece, for this is truly, a masterpiece." Aria of ARIODANTE ************ Scherza infida in grembo al drudo. Io tradito a morte in braccio Per tua colpa ora men vo. Ma a spezzar l'indegno laccio Ombra mesta, e spirto ignudo, Per tua pena io tornerò. ************ Sport, faithless one, in your lovers's embrace. Because of your betrayal I now go forth into the arms of death. But to break this vile bond I will return to haunt you as a gloomy shade, a mere wraith. ************ I've uploaded 6 Ariodante arias from this production: Tu, preparati a morire http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9048-Hy... Dopo notte http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLqmc1... Con l'ali di costanza http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L-uZZEb... Cieca notte http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2B4a-B... Numi! lasciarmi vivere http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3brcxVf... Scherza infida    • Scherza infida - Joyce DiDonato LIVE 2007 ...