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626 English Libretto Per WEB Layout 1 DYNAMIC CDS 626/1-2 DDD DIGITAL LIVE RECORDING Antonio Vivaldi (Venice, 1678 - Vienna 1741) Argippo Dramma per musica, libretto by Domenico Lalli Reconstruction by Ondřej Macek Argippo Veronika Mráčková Fučíková Zanaida Pavla Štěpničková Osira Jana Bínová - Koucká Silvero Barbora Sojková Tisifaro Zdeněk Kapl Hofmusici Baroque Ensemble Artistic Director: Ondřej Macek Recorded at Teatro Goldoni, Venice, on 23rd October, 2008 as part of the Festival "I Luoghi di Baldassare", 2008 edition. ENGLISH LIBRETTO CD1 I have throne, and wealth, and I disdain myself: I lived and reigned: I live no more, nor do I reign. (He leaves.) 1 Sinfonia ACT ONE Scene III Cabinet of the Grand Mogor, in Indian style. Silvero alone. The Scene is set in the Royal palace of Agra, capital city and place of residence of the Grand Mogor. Hapless Zanaida, You think Argippo is your spouse since I, First Scene with hidden deception, tied the sacred knot with you. Tisifaro, and Zanaida weeping. I was glad then, now I am desperate. Argippo, having married another one, 2 Tisifaro - Daughter, must I live thus arouses a tremendous fury for ever? Must bitter tears for ever in this princess, and I feel wet your cheeks, and their source crushed by remorse, be unknown to me? which painfully scourges my heart, Zanaida - I am unworthy to be called a well-deserved punishment for too bold an error. your daughter: suffice this. 5 Remorse is the punishment of one’s faults! Tisifaro - Daughter… It corrodes, it bleeds you Zanaida - If, as you say, from within, a painful terror. I am your daughter, why tarry? Bare your sword, thrust it in me, and thus alone be just and merciful, The entrance of Tisifaro’s royal palace, with view over part of because I shall be punished; and in an instant the city, bathed by the river Gemini; from a strange vessel are removed from this cruel slow dying. disembarking, with their retinue: Tisifaro - Speak, reveal… Zanaida - Leave me, father, I must go. Tisifaro - Where? Scene IV Zanaida - To my death. Argippo, and Osira, welcomed with pomp by Tisifaro, before Tisifaro - Why? whom they lay down, as a mark of respect, the insignia of Zanaida - My honour… their kingdom as a ratification of vassalage; then, singing the Tisifaro - Ah, go on. following chorus, they all enter the palace, from which a rav- Zanaida - … is what… ing Zanaida runs out, followed by Silvero. Tisifaro - Yes? Zanaida - … makes me… 6 Chorus - The king of Cingone alights Tisifaro - Continue. (Oh, my troubled mind!) on the Indian shores Zanaida - I cannot say more; I am distraught. of the billowy Gemini, 3 If a lightning, however slow, husband and lover does not avenge my insult, of a fair beauty. that wicked man will fall, And before the Grand Mogor victim of my just wrath. unswerving respect and faith (And yet I am your wife, he pledges, return and I shall forgive you. and asks for his friendship. My eyes, may through your tears (All file in.) flow all the anguish 7 Zanaida - They are here? The wicked perjurers? of my betrayed love.) The traitor…? My rival…? Is it true? (She leaves.) And I don’t strike yet? Heart, what are you thinking? Revenge, ah God! But the deep wound in my heart bleeds once again. Scene II Silvero - Princess, curb … Tisifaro, and Silvero. Zanaida - Curb? What? I only yearn for death, slaughter, destruction… Alas, what am I saying! 4 Tisifaro - What confused notions Silvero - (I would tell her that I am the traitor.) of spouse, revenge, Zanaida - How many times have I repented honour and betrayed faith does she rave about? being cruel towards your love! Silvero - Sir… Silvero - Why were you cruel? Tisifaro - Prince: I am increasingly Zanaida - It was my crucial Fate. worried about Zanaida Silvero - (I can still hope.) But if I were to return Silvero - Seeing your trouble to my first love, would you I lose my peace as well. (My error oppresses me.) satisfy it with equal ardour? Tisifaro - And will no human remedy Zanaida - When I could, I did not want to. Ah, for pity’s serve any purpose? Oh woe! 2 sake, Scene VII leave this place. Tisifaro, then Zanaida. If Zanaida should love again, only Silvero would set her heart on fire. 11 Tisifaro - What good is having defeated many enemies if, deprived of rest or comfort, after a thousand dangers, Scena V I shipwreck in the very harbour? Osira with her retinue, and the above. Zanaida - Father. Tisifaro - Daughter. Osira - Royal lady… Zanaida - I have decided… Zanaida - O Gods! Tisifaro - What? help me. So bold are they Zanaida - I shall reveal… that they dare appear before me Tisifaro - Perhaps those monsters from the infernal Cocytus? your inner troubles? My eyes, ah, turn away Zanaida - Precisely… from the horrible sight, or Tisifaro - Speak. be blinded and do not open for ever more. Zanaida - But first promise me… (She leaves in a fury.) Tisifaro - What? Osira - What does this mean? Zanaida - That after hearing Silvero - Bear it, the cause of my grief… do not be surprised. Ever since the day Tisifaro - Tell me! you married, she has been deeply troubled. Zanaida - You will kill me. Argippo - O wicked Destiny! Tisifaro - What are you saying? Osira - Adverse fate. Zanaida - Oh shame! Argippo - But prince, you leave her Tisifaro - Courage, my daughter. alone in her madness? Go, follow her Zanaida - I think... and offer her assistance. Tisifaro - Go on. Silvero - (Remorse is killing me.) Zanaida - That my dreadful sorrow… (He leaves.) Since my lips fail, let this letter speak. 8 Argippo - It often thunders (She gives him a letter and leaves.) when, by his flock, Tisifaro - What terrible image in his wonted dark cave, of fateful misfortunes the fearful shepherd lies. will be contained in this letter? I see Then the storm passes, my fears approach, and I open it and read. dawns returns and the sky is serene; Father: a fierce traitor the shepherd rises, made me his wife with a hidden union, and the sight of a fair day then he left and forsook me; he married chases his fear away. another woman, and it is not enough: (He leaves.) he appears before me with her, and mocks my honour, tainting my life with the bitterest poison. Scene VI The bold man is Argippo. Osira alone. Argippo? Oh God! Oh miserable father! Oh lost honour! 9 The fury of Zanaida Oh unpropitious day! Oh sorrowful event! also stirs within me, and I do not understand Oh daughter! Oh traitor! Oh treachery. the reason for it; 12 There can be no forgiveness, yet in my heart I am no longer a father is a vague feeling of dread. but a monster from Hades 10 No sooner had I seen overwhelmed with fury. a stretch of clear sky What am I to do than a terrible storm torn as I am has come to cloud it over. between honour But against fate and love? death at least will be strong; Gods, take pity on me, for my tender heart comfort me in my grief. seems born to fear. The royal gardens. 3 13 Sinfonia Osira - Dearest, my courage begins to waver. ACT TWO Argippo - And why Atrium of the royal palace. this sudden sorrow? Osira - I do not know; I feel Scene I my peace threatened, Silvero, Zanaida, then Osira. but cannot tell by what. Argippo - Do not let an unjustified fear 14 Silvero - Zanaida, if a measure of pity disturb your peace. Now I must go for my love still lives in you, to the King, who has asked for me. promise me forgiveness, Osira - My fear is mounting. O God! silence and faith, and hear me out. Argippo - I must go, fear nothing, my treasure. Zanaida - I promise you 17 If anyone criticises your fear, all. he shall see our love, Silvero - And I he shall hear about it, and then he’ll know shall reveal all. whether your heart is weak. Osira - Royal lady. When love springs from Silvero - (Ah, how untimely!) such a beautiful source, Zanaida - O God! even the heroes submit to it, What horrible ghost appears before me? even the Gods are in awe. Ah, I cannot stand the sight. Osira - And why do you bear Scene III such hatred against me? Osira alone. Zanaida - No, no, queen, I hate my own pain in you, not the innocence 18 I fear, but I know not what I fear. of your soul. In your countenance I see Dreams, ghosts, gloomy nocturnal shadows my own harrowed heart, foretell misfortunes, the traitor, the mocked faith, the source wherefore I feel I am dying, of my tears. Ah, allow me my heart stabbed by my unfounded torment. to avert my eyes from you. 19 A certain something Osira - I comply weighs upon my heart, with all your wishes, since I offend you. and though it is no grief Silvero - (She’s raving mad, and I know why.) it plagues me. 15 Zanaida - Of my just pain I am troubled, and know not why, ask no more but only a wicked fear if you don’t want to taint can frighten my soul. your innocent heart. Because of you, it swells in my bosom, Rooms of Tisifaro. but you are not the one who caused it to be born in me: Scene IV it is not your fault Tisifaro, and Silvero. if I am suffering. (She leaves.) 20 Tisifaro - Most wicked stars, what good is it that from the Orient‘s most famous lands, kings come Scene II to lay tributes at my feet, Osira, and Silvero, then Argippo.
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