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• 19 Feb 2017

Dame Joan Sutherland – “Di’, cor mio, quanto t’amai” Aria of Alcina – “Alcina” (1735) Act I Scene II – Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759).

“This concert, Dame Sutherland’s sixth appearance at the Proms, was conducted by Malcolm Sargent and broadcast live from the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in August of 1960.”

DI’, COR MIO, QUANTO T’AMAI

Di’, cor mio, quanto t’amai,
mostra il bosco, il fonte, il rio,
dove tacqui e sospirai,
pria di chiederti mercé.
Dove fisso ne’ miei rai,
sospirando al sospir mio,
mi dicesti con un sguardo:
peno, ed ardo al par di te.

Tell them, dear heart, how much I loved you,
show them the grove, the spring, the brook,
where I sighed in silence
before asking for your pity.
Where, gazing into my eyes,
your sighs answering mine,
you told me with a look:
I suffer, I burn like you.