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START: Isabella: So, Signor. Tonight has given me hope.
Farinelli: It’s beautiful out here. So still.
Isabella: You can see how happy the people were. When you sang --
Farinelli: --you can see so many stars.
[... ... ...]
END: Farinelli: Tonight. Singing for the people. For you. Thank you.
Drops her hand, leaves.
Isabella: Carlo --
‘Cara Sposa’ from ‘Rinaldo’ by Handel (B section only). An aria of love, longing, and loneliness.
He walks away. . . walking slowly as though trying to leave fast; wanting to stay; looking back at her all the while . . . until he is out of sight . . . she looks after him well after he disappears from sight . . .
For full scene please see Van Campen, Claire, Farinelli and the King, Oberon Books, 2018, p. 91-97.
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