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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.
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