Vaghe perle, eletti fiori (Handel) Donna Brown

Vaghe perle, eletti fiori from the opera Agrippina, HWV 6
by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Donna Brown, soprano
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

Vaghe perle, eletti fiori,
adornatemi la fronte!
Accrescete a mia bellezza
la vaghezza,
ch’a svegliar nei petti amori
ho nel cor le voglie pronte.

Precious pearls, choicest flowers,
adorn my brow!
Increase the rarity
of my beauty,
for I have a ready desire
to awaken love in men’s hearts.

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Art in the video:
[0:34] Admiring Herself by Auguste Toulmouche (1829–1890)
[2:04] Vanity by Nicolas Régnier (c. 1591–1667)
[2:48] Vanity by Joseph Frédéric Charles Soulacroix (1825–1879)

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