Cara tomba (A. Scarlatti) Simone Kermes

"Cara tomba" 

Simone Kermes
Le Musiche Nove under Claudio Osele

from the opera Mitridate Eupatore (Act, IV, Scene 2)
by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)

Libretto by Girolamo Frigimelica Roberti.
Aria for Laodice:

"Cara tomba del mio diletto
nel tuo sen dammi ricetto,
deh sii tomba anche per me.
O deposito infelice!
Se a te fui culla, e nutrice
vuò morire anche con te."

TRANSLATION:


Dear tomb of my beloved,
give me refuge within you,
ah, be a tomb for me as well.
O unhappy resting place!
If I cradled and nursed you,
I wish to die with you as well.

First performed in Venice on January 5, 1707.
A failure at its premiere, Mitridate Eupatore is now considered Scarlatti's finest opera.

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Further research:

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