Lascia ch’io pianga (Händel’s opera Rinaldo); Voices of Music with Kirsten Blaise, soprano

Please subscribe to our channel Handel’s signature aria from his Opera Rinaldo HWV 7 (1711), performed on original instruments by Voices of Music, with soprano Kirsten Blaise. Handel reworked one of his best arias from “Il trionfo del tempo“ (1707) for Rinaldo, his first London opera, and the first Italian opera specifically composed for the London theatres. Buy CDs Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la libertà. Il duolo infranga queste ritorte de’ miei martiri sol per pietà. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and sigh for freedom. Let my sorrow break the chains of my suffering, out of pity. The Musicians (left to right, back to front) Kati Kyme, baroque violin Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque violin Elizabeth Blumenstock, baroque violin Maxine Nemerovski, baroque violin Lisa Grodin, b