Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Cavatina
From	Atto primo, Scena I
Key	e minor
Meter	3/4
Tempo	Largo e staccato
Structure	segue

Italian text
Se l’inganno sortisce felice,
io detesto per sempre virtù.
Chi non vuol se non quello che lice
vive sempre infelice quaggiù.

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About the text

• Author: Nicola Francesco Haym
• Adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym from L’amor tirannico by Domenico Lalli. The story is derived from Tacitus’ Annals, book xii. Lalli’s text was based on the earlier French play L’amour tyrannique by Georges de Scudéry.

Instrumentation

Similar instrumentation

• Duet: Die Armut, so Gott auf sich nimmt
  JS Bach
• Aria: Benché mi sia crudele
  Handel
• Air: Dieu des mers, suspendez l’inconstance de l’onde
  Clérambault

Categories

• Handel soprano arias ›
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• Arias in e minor ›
• Arias in 3/4 meter ›
• Tempo Largo e staccato ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 12
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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