Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori (Vivaldi) Verónica Cangemi

Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori from the opera Griselda, RV 718
by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Verónica Cangemi as Costanza
Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori,
ch’agitate l’alma mia
le mie pene, i miei timori
dileguate per pietà.

Sento, o Dio, che più non posso
sopportar cotanti affanni.
Deh, cangiate, astri tiranni,
l’empia vostra crudeltà.

Empty shades, unjust terrors,
that perturb my soul,
now, I beseech you, dispel
my suffering and dread.

I sense, oh God, that I can
no longer bear such afflictions.
Ah, tyrannous stars, cease
your inhuman cruelty.
[translation by Charles Johnston]

CD availble from Naïve:
http://vivaldiedition.eu/2006/03/25/25-op30419-vivaldi-griselda/

Art in the video by John William Godward (1861-1922)

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