Signor, quell'infelice (Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo)

Maya Kherani, Soprano
www.mayakheran...
Jon Mendle, Theorbo
jonmendle.com/
Ben Kazez, Audio engineering and video production
www.benkazez.c...
Recorded at Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
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Translation:
PROSERPINA
My lord, this unhappy man
who wanders through these vast fields
of death, crying "Eurydice!",
and whom you too have just heard
making such a sweet lament,
has aroused such pity in my heart
that once again I return to beseech
your Godliness to accede to his entreaties.
Oh, if ever you have drawn
the sweetness of love from these eyes,
if the serenity of this brow has pleased you
that you call your heaven, and on which
you swear not to envy Jove his lot,
I implore you,
by that fire with which Love set your great soul aflame,
permit Eurydice to return to enjoy those days
that she used to spend in festivity and song,
and console the grief of the wretched Orpheus.
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[@tomradcliffe7084]

Absolutely stunning! What a voice; what control. A world class performance.

[@SilvioNobre]

❤️❤️

[@fokkebaarda]

And again you hit my musical senses and my heart. 4 years ago I reacted on a Händel aria. And suddenly you emerge again in my living room, knocking on my screen with more beauty. The talent of a storyteller, a bringer of emotions, with a mesmerizing voice, over the arpeggios of the theorbo, so intimite and so regal. Thanks, Maya. I hope the frequency of your postings to increase, and I wish you a fruitful career.