Composer	George Frideric Handel
Type	Cavatina
From	Atto secondo, Scena XI
Key	a minor
Meter	C
Tempo	Ardito → adagio → ardito → adagio → ardito → adagio → ardito → adagio → ardito → adagio

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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

• Recitative: Er wolle meiner Sünden
  JS Bach
• Aria: Tanti affanni
  Handel
• Recitativo: Giusta brama l’affretta
  Haydn

Categories

• Handel alto arias ›
• Handel opera arias ›
• Arias in a minor ›
• Arias in C meter ›
• Tempo Ardito ›
• Tempo adagio ›
• Tempo ardito ›

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, p. 123
• Scores at IMSLP ›

Cataloguer

Emma Clarkson

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