Gentle Morpheus, Son of Night (Handel) Lucy Crowe

Gentle Morpheus, son of night from Alceste, HWV 45 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Incidental music to a lost play by Tobias Smollett (1721–1771) Music texts probably by Thomas Morell (1703–1784) It was rehearsed at Convent Garden Theatre, but never performed. Lucy Crowe, soprano Early Opera Company Christian Curnyn, conductor Gentle Morpheus, son of night, Hither speed thy airy flight! And his weary senses steep In the balmy dew of sleep. That when bright Aurora’s beams Glad the world wi