Youtubeko deskribapena:
'Liebe, sag', was fängst du an?' (Elmira)
Aria for soprano and orchestra
From the opera 'Der hochmütige, gestürzte und wieder erhabene Crœsus' in the 1730 version (Act II, Scene 8)
Libretto: Lucas von Bostel (1649-1716), after Nicolò Minato's 'Creso' (first set by Emperor Leopold I, 1678)
Music: Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)
First performance of the revised version: 6 December 1730 in Hamburg (Theater am Gänsemarkt)
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Elmira: Sandrine Piau, soprano
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,
conducted by Bernhard Forck (concertmaster)
Concert: 20 October 2008 in Vienna (Theater an der Wien)
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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There was no indication as to where the aria should end in the score. Consequently, I have edited the last bar that can be seen in this video to make it fit the performance.
Marc D.
