Handel - Alcina - Un momento di contento - John Villemaire with Dorian Baroque

Un momento di contento (One moment of happiness) by GF Handel from the opera Alcina

CantantiPROJECT with Dorian Baroque Orchestra
Video: Jeff Downing

Oronte - John Villemaire
Morgana - Joyce Yin

Holyrood Episcopal Church, Manhattan, NY
Feb 28th, 2016

[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
I know she is still deceiving me –
and yet, I still adore her.
Even though she has been faithless,
she is still ‘my treasure.’

One moment’s happiness
turns a true lover’s tears into joy.
Love alone can find in sorrow
balm for its pains
and heal the wounds
it has inflicted.


[ORIGINAL ITALIAN]
M'inganna, me n'avveggo,
e pur ancor l'adoro...
Se ben mi fu crudel, è 'l mio tesoro.

Un momento di contento
dolce rende a un fido amante
tutto il pianto che versò.
Suole amore dal dolore
tirar balsamo alle pene,
a sanar, chi pria piagò.