Bertali - Lamento della Regina d'Inghiterra. von Otter. 2 of 2

Antonio Bartoli's cantata 'Queen Mary's lament'. Bertali, 1605 - 1669, was an italian violinist who composed operatic and instrumental works. Mary, or Henrietta Maria, was the wife of King Charles 1 of England who was beheaded in 1649. Here she bewails her own situation.
Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Franz-Josef Selig - bass
Jakob Lindberg - theorbe player
Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel.
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Soprano - as Mary
Dead, what shall I do? Like the Phoenix,
do I perhaps believe that from my ashes
my extinct Lord will rise again?
Ah, I am raving, and now I realize it.
Let my laments cease; can I think of another remedy?
I shall cry for vengeance!
Let lighting bolts fall from the high peaks;
let the earth split open at such a dreadful deed,
let the clouds darken at such tyranny!
Learn from their example, royal offspring, and find the courage
to be vindicated for the royal death.
And if a suffering martyr I am destined to be,
then in my martyrdom I shall cry for vengeance!
But in vain do I cry for vengeance; the sky does not brandish lightning bolts,
the earth does not split open, the clouds do not darken,
the kings do not wreak vengeance. O Heaven, help me! Already my spirit fails me.
Farewell, palaces; farewell, crowns, scepters;
Farewell, ceremonies and riches; Farewell, brief and fleeting beauties.
Alas, I can bear no more! I die, alas! I die, following the shade of my adored King.
Bass - ends the story
And saying this, the grieving Queen fell in a swoon and the whispering was heard in this sad hour of her afflicted maidens, who at last erupted in tears, while others wove a mournful song.
With thanks to AlcidesConstante for finding the score - / alcidesconstante
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