Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (Vivaldi) Roberta Mameli

Se mai senti spirarti sul volto from the opera Catone in Utica, RV 705
by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Roberta Mameli, soprano
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis, conductor

The role of Cesare was first sung by soprano castrato Lorenzo Girardi.

Se mai senti spirarti sul volto
lieve fiato, che lento s’aggiri,
di, son questi gli ardenti sospiri
del mio fido che langue per me.
E se fia dal suo seno raccolto,
la memoria di tanti martiri
sarà dolce con tanta mercè.
[Metastasio]

TRANSLATION (by Charles Johnston):
If you ever feel your brow fanned
By a light, hovering breeze,
Say: ‘Those are the ardent sighs
Of my faithful lover who languishes for me.’
And if it is sheltered in your breast,
The memory of its many torments
Will be sweetened by such pity.

CD available from Naïve:
https://vivaldiedition.eu/2013/02/11/...

Photography in the video by Kyle Thompson:
http://www.kylethompsonphotography.com/