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Dame Joan Sutherland – “Ah! Mio cor! Schernito sei!” – Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene VIII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

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Dame Joan Sutherland – “Ah! Mio cor! Schernito sei!” – Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act II Scene VIII – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759).

Unique Opera Records & Melodram – ℗ 1981
Recorded in Köln on May 15, 1959. Radio broadcasting.

Cappella Coloniensis
Kölner Rundfunkchor
Conductor M.° Ferdinand Leitner
Alcina – Dame Joan Sutherland
Ruggiero – Fritz Wunderlich
Bradamante – Norma Procter
Oronte – Nicola Monti
Morgana – Janette van Dijck
Melisso – Thomas Hemsley.

Ah! mio cor! Schernito sei!
Stelle! Dei! Nume d’amore!
Traditore! T’amo tanto;
puoi lasciarmi sola in pianto,
oh dèi! Perché?
Ma, che fa gemendo Alcina?
Son reina, è tempo ancora:
resti o mora, peni sempre,
o torni a me.

(Oh, my heart, you are scorned!
Oh, you stars! Oh Heaven!
Sentiment of love!
Betrayer!
I love you so;
how can you leave me alone, in tears?
O Heavens! Why?
But what is Alcina doing complaining?
I am queen, and there is yet time.
He shall stay or die,
suffer eternally, or return to me!)

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