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Imeneo
Dramma per musica, Serenata by Georg Friedrich Händel
Georg Friedrich Händel - Imeneo - title page of the libretto - Dublin 1740.png
Title page of the libretto of "Imeneo"
TranslationHymeneus
Librettistanonymous, after Silvio Stampiglia
LanguageItalian
Based onImeneo by Silvio Stampiglia
Premiere
22 November 1740 (1740-11-22)
Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

"Se potessero i sospir' miei" is an aria sung by the character Tirinto (English: Tirinthus) in the opera Imeneo (English: Hymeneus)[1] by Georg Friedrich Händel. The author of the libretto is unknown. The role was first created by Giovanni Battista Andreoni[2].

The aria appears on the following album:

Year Album Ensemble Conductor
2016 The Händel Album Ensemble Artaserse Philippe Jaroussky

It was part of the following concert programs:

Year Concert program Ensemble Conductor

Libretto

"Se potessero i sospir' miei"
(Had but my Sighs the Pow'r to swell)

from  Imeneo,  HWV 41
Georg Friedrich Händel (music),  anonymous, after Silvio Stampiglia (words)

(Tirinto)


Italy

Se potessero i sospir’ miei
far che l’onde
a queste sponde,
riportassero il legno infido,*
io vorrei
tutti sciogliere là sul lido
i sospiri del mio cor.

Ma non possono far dal mare
ritornare
a me Rosmene.
Deh! sù l’ale a queste arene
La conduca il dio d’amor!

*) Libretto 1742: "ritornassero";
Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft Leipzig: "riportassero".[3][4]

Italy
Ancient Italian

Se potessero i sospir miei
Far; che l'onde
A queste sponde
Ritornassero il Legno infido:*
Io vorrei
Tutti sciogliere là sul lido
I sospiri del mio cor.

Ma non posson' far dal mare
Ritornare
A me Rosmene.
Deh! su l’ali a qùest Arene
La conduca il Dio d’Amor.[3]

*) Libretto 1742: "ritornassero";
Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft Leipzig: "riportassero".[3][4]

United Kingdom
Historic poetic translation

Had but my Sighs the Pow'r to swell
The sleeping Gales, and roll the Sea,
And back the treach'rous Bark repel,
The Bark that bore my Life away;
My anxious Bosom wou'd suffice
Sufficient Gales of ceaseless Sighs.

But Winds and Seas the Spoilers aid,
And bear far hence the wretched Maid.
Ah, God of Love! on gentle Wing,
Back to this Shore the Captive bring.[3]

Context

The aria is set at the beginning of Act I, closing Scene I. The location is a pleasant garden in Athens, where Tirinto (Tirinthus) shares his grief upon the loss of Rosemene with Argenius. Rosmene, a virgin of goddess Ceres, has fallen into the hands of barbaric pirates.

Manuscripts and sheet music

Incipit of "Se potessero i sospir' miei"
Incipit of "Se potessero i sospir' miei"[4]
  • Sheet Music (Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft Leipzig)

"Imeneo, Georg Friedrich Händel". IMSLP. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

  • Libretto:

Handel, George Friderick (1742). Hymen. A serenata. Compos'd by Mr. Handel. Ital. & Eng. British Library: G. Faulkner.

References

  1. "Imeneo". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. "Giovanni Battista Andreoni". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Handel, George Friderick (1742). Hymen. A serenata. Compos'd by Mr. Handel. Ital. & Eng. British Library: G. Faulkner.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Imeneo, Georg Friedrich Händel". IMSLP. Retrieved October 3, 2021.