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Recitativo dorinda Quegli è il famoso Orlando<br />

Che vive, a quel ch’io vedo<br />

Anch’esso amando.<br />

Aria di Dorinda dorinda Ho un certo rossore<br />

Di dir quel sento<br />

S’è gioia o tormento<br />

S’è gelo o un ardore<br />

S’è al fine – nol so.<br />

Pur picciolo meco<br />

Bisogna che sia<br />

Piacere o dolore<br />

Se l’anima mia<br />

Rinchiudere lo può.<br />

Ho un certo, etc.<br />

(Parte)<br />

n Scene 5 (Angelica e poi Medoro a parte)<br />

Recitativo angelica M’hai vinto al fin, m’hai vinto, o cieco Nume!<br />

Deh, mira al fin, che l’idolo mio, che adoro<br />

E’ l’amabil Medoro<br />

Io lo vidi ferito;<br />

(Medoro ascolta a parte)<br />

angelica Sanarlo procurai, ma le sue piaghe<br />

Saldando nel suo petto: ah! Nel mio core<br />

Per lui apriva Amor una maggiore.<br />

Arioso di Angelica angelica Ritornava al suo bel viso<br />

Fatto già bianco e vermiglio<br />

Con la rosa unito il giglio<br />

Dal pallor delle viole.<br />

Arioso di Medoro medoro (Accostandosi)<br />

E il mio cor da me diviso<br />

Si struggeva in fiamma lieve<br />

Come suol falda di neve<br />

Discoperta ai rai del sole.<br />

Recitativo angelica Spera, mio ben, che presto<br />

Con più tranquilla sorte<br />

D’esser a me nel regno<br />

Come già reso sei in amor, consorte.<br />

medoro Di tanto onor mi scorgo indegno.<br />

Aria di Angelica angelica Chi possessore è del mio core<br />

Può senza orgoglio chiamarsi Re.<br />

Io ch’ho spezzato più d’un impero<br />

Ho a te piagato l’animo altero<br />

E più d’un soglio val la mia fe’.<br />

(Parte)<br />

This hero is much the renowned Orlando,<br />

who, to my apprehension, also seems<br />

to live subjected to the laws of love.<br />

A strange confusion I reveal<br />

when would I utter what I feel.<br />

Whether ‘tis thrilling joy or woe,<br />

or frost or flame that moves me so;<br />

or whether—but whate’er it be,<br />

‘tis totally unknown to me.<br />

But be it thrilling joy or woe,<br />

yet with this certainty I know,<br />

my share of either is but small,<br />

since thus my soul conceals it all.<br />

A strange confusion…<br />

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(Exit)<br />

(Angelica, and afterwards Medoro, apart)<br />

At length blind god, at length thou art my victor.<br />

Ah! behold the strange event, the charmer I adore<br />

is now the dear Medoro, formed for love<br />

I saw him bleed, and I procured relief.<br />

(Medoro listens)<br />

But as the wound in his fair bosom closed<br />

resistless Love, ah me! with one more fatal<br />

transfixed my soul beyond the aid of art.<br />

New blooming health did soon restore<br />

the lily mingled with all the rose,<br />

to that fair face which did before<br />

the violet’s pale hue disclose.<br />

(Approaching her)<br />

Then my lost heart began to glow,<br />

and in soft flames consumed away<br />

as tender flakes of falling snow<br />

are melted in the sunny ray.<br />

Dear youth, indulge the pleasing hope that you,<br />

e’er long, befriended by a kinder fate,<br />

shall share my empire,<br />

as you share my heart.<br />

I’m all unworthy of so great a glory.<br />

My heart’s possessor well may claim,<br />

guiltless of pride, a monarch’s name,<br />

since I, who often did disdain,<br />

o’er many a proffered realm to reign;<br />

for thee my haughty scorn disown<br />

and sure my constancy alone<br />

transcends the worth of many a throne<br />

(Exit)

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