Lascia ch'io pianga| Maayan Licht| Hanukkah concert 2023

Performing "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Let Me Weep) at the annual Hanukkah concert in Amsterdam at the Muziekgebouw with the Jewish Amsterdam Chamber Ensemble.
Male soprano: Maayan Licht

In the opera Rinaldo by Handel, this aria is sung by the Christian princess Almirena. Kidnapped by an evil sorceress, she is held hostage. In captivity, she sings this aria, longing for her freedom.

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Recorded live at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, 11 December 2023
Producer & Musical Director: Barry Mehler
Brought to you by The Jewish Music Concerts Foundation

Text in Italian:

Lascia ch'io pianga
mia cruda sorte
E che sospiri la libertà.

Il duolo infranga queste ritorte
De miei martiri sol per pietà.

English translation:

Allow me to weep
for my cruel fate,
and to mourn
my lost freedom.

May my sorrow break
these chains,
if only out of pity
for my suffering.

PIANO
Cfir Jacobi
VIOLINS
Martino Columbo
Raphaella Engelsberg
Noa Eyl (Concert Master)
Ephraim Feves
Dmitri Ivanov
Julia Rusanovsky
VIOLAS
-Joshua Hullu
Eduardo Paredes
CELLOS
Mátyás Virág
Rachel Daniëls
DOUBLE BASS
Jesse Feves

Assistant Musical Director
Joy Shechter

Patron
Leo Samama

Recording & Video Production
PME-Tecnica
Polycast International

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