Agrippina

Opera

Writers: George Frederic Handel Vincenzo Grimani

Songs

Sinfonia Act One

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Nerone, amato figlio’ - Agrippina, Nerone

  • Aria ‘Col saggio tuo consiglio’ - Nerone

Scene Two

  • Recitative ‘Per cosi grand’impresa’ - Agrippina

Scene Three

  • Recitative ‘A’ cenni tuoi sovrani’ - Pallante, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘La mia sorte fortunata’ - Pallante

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Or che Pallante e vinto’ - Agrippina

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Umile alle tue piante…’ - Narciso, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Volo pronto e lieto il core’ - Narciso

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Quanto fa’ - Agrippina

  • Aria ‘L’alma mia fra le tempeste’ - Agrippina

Scene Seven

  • Recitativo Accompagnato ‘Qual piacer a un cor pietoso’ - Nerone

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘Ecco chi presto’ - Pallante, Narciso, Nerone

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Voi, che dell’alta Roma’ - Agrippina

  • Quartet ‘Il tuo figlio / La tua prole’ - Agrippina, Nerone, Narciso, Pallante

  • Recitative ‘Ma qual di liete trombe’ - Agrippina

Scene Ten

  • Arioso ‘Allegrezza, allegrezza!’ - Lesbo

  • Recitative ‘Che sento!’ - Lesbo, Pallante, Agrippina, Narciso, Nerone

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Alle tue piante, o Augusta’ - Ottone, Pallante, Agrippina, Narciso, Nerone

Scene Twelve

  • Recitative ‘Augusta, amo Poppea’ - Ottone, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Tu ben degno’ - Agrippina

Scene Thirteen

  • Recitative ‘L’ultima del gioir’ - Ottone

  • Aria ‘Lusinghiera mia speranza’ - Ottone

Scene Fourteen

  • Aria ‘Vaghe perle’ - Poppea

  • Recitative ‘Otton, Claudio, Nerone’ - Poppea

Scene Fifteen

  • Recitative ‘Signora, a mia signora!’ - Lesbo, Poppea

Scene Sixteen

  • Recitative ‘Di lieta nuova’ - Lesbo, Agrippina, Poppea

Scene Seventeen

  • Recitative ‘Perche invece di Claudio’ - Poppea

  • Aria ‘E un foco quel d’amore’ - Poppea

Scene Eighteen

  • Recitative ‘Ma qui Agrippina viene’ - Agrippina, Poppea

  • Aria ‘Ho un non so che nel cor’ - Agrippina

Scene Nineteen

  • Recitative ‘Cieli, quai strani casi’ - Poppea

Scene Twenty

  • Recitative ‘Non veggo alcun’ - Lesbo

Scene Twenty-One

  • Aria ‘Pur ritorno a rimirarvi’ - Claudio

  • Recitative ‘Ma, o ciel, mesta e confusa’ - Claudio, Poppea

  • Aria ‘Vieni, o cara’ - Claudio

  • Recitative ‘Che mai faro?’ - Poppea, Claudio

Scene Twenty-Two

  • Recitative ‘Signor, Signor, presto’ - Lesbo, Claudio, Poppea

  • Trio ‘E quando mai / Quando vorrai’ - Poppea, Claudio, Lesbo

  • Recitative ‘Pur al fin se n’ando’ - Poppea

Scene Twenty-Three

  • Recitative ‘O mia liberatrice’ - Poppea, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Non ho cor che per amarti’ - Agrippina

Scene Twenty-Four

  • Recitative ‘Se Ottone m’inganno’ - Poppea

  • Aria ‘Se giunge un dispetto’ - Poppea

Act Two

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Dunque noi siam traditi’ - Pallante, Narciso

Scene Two

  • Aria ‘Coronato il crin d’alloro’ - Ottone

  • Recitative ‘Roma, pue ch’il trionfo’ - Pallante, Narciso, Ottone

Scene Three

  • Prelude

  • Recitative ‘Ecco il superbo’ - Agrippina, Poppea, Nerone, Ottone, Narciso

  • Chorus ‘Di timpani e trombe’ - Poppea, Nerone, Agrippina, Ottone, Narciso, Pallante, Lesbo

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Nella Britannia vinta’ - Claudio

  • Aria ‘Cade il mondo’ - Claudio

  • Recitative ‘Signore, quanto il mio cuore’ - Agrippina, Claudio, Poppea, Nerone, Narciso, Pallante, Ottone

  • Arioso ‘Nulla sperar da me’ - Agrippina

  • Recitative ‘E tu Poppea’ - Ottone

  • Aria ‘Tuo ben e il trono’ - Poppea

  • Ritornello

  • Recitative ‘Soccorri almen Nerone’ - Ottone

  • Aria ‘Sotto il lauro’ - Nerone

  • Recitative ‘Scherzo son’ - Ottone, Narciso, Pallante, Lesbo

Scene Five

Scene Six

  • Aria ‘Spera, alma mia’ - Poppea

  • Recitative ‘Il tormento d’Ottone’ - Poppea

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Par che amor sia’ - Poppea

  • Aria ‘Vaghe fonti’ - Ottone

  • Recitative ‘Ma qui che veggo’ - Ottone, Poppea

  • Aria ‘Ti vuo giusta’ - Ottone

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘Da quali ordite trame’ - Poppea

  • Aria ‘Ingannata una sol volta’ - Poppea

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Pur alfin ti ritrovo’ - Lesbo, Poppea

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘A non pochi perigli’ - Poppea

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Son qui, mia vita’ - Nerone, Poppea

  • Aria ‘Col peso del tuo amor’ - Poppea

Scene Twelve

  • Recitative ‘Qual bramato piacere’ - Nerone

  • Aria ‘Quando invita’ - Nerone

Scene Thirteen

Scene Fourteen

  • Recitative ‘Se ben nemica sorte’ - Pallante, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Col raggio placido’ - Pallante

Scene Fifteen

  • Recitative ‘Di giunger non dispero’ - Agrippina

Scene Sixteen

  • Recitative ‘Or e tempo’ - Agrippina, Narciso

  • Aria ‘Sperero, poiche mel dice’ - Narciso

Scene Seventeen

  • Recitative ‘Per dar la pace al core’ - Agrippina

Scene Eighteen and Nineteen

  • Recitative ‘A vagheggiar io vengo’ - Claudio, Agrippina

Scene Twenty

  • Recitative ‘Signor, Poppea’ - Lesbo, Claudio, Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Basta che sol tu chieda’ - Claudio

Scene Twenty-One

  • Recitative ‘Favorevol la sorte’ - Agrippina

  • Aria ‘Ogni vento’ - Agrippina

Act Three

Scene One

  • Recitative ‘Il caro Otton’ - Poppea

Scene Two

  • Recitative ‘Ah, mia Poppea’ - Ottone, Poppea

  • Aria ‘Tacero’ - Ottone

Scene Three

  • Recitative ‘Attendo qui Nerone’ - Poppea

Scene Four

  • Recitative ‘Anelante ti reco’ - Nerone, Poppea, Ottone

  • Aria ‘Coll’ardor del tuo bel core’ - Nerone

Scene Five

  • Recitative ‘Amico ciel’ - Poppea

Scene Six

  • Recitative ‘Qui non v’e alcun’ - Lesbo, Claudio, Poppea, Nerone, Ottone

Scene Seven

  • Recitative ‘Temerario insolente’ - Claudio, Poppea, Nerone, Ottone

Scene Eight

  • Recitative ‘Ora, Claudio, che dici?’ - Poppea, Claudio

  • Aria ‘Io di Roma’ - Claudio

Scene Nine

  • Recitative ‘Pur alfin se n’ando’ - Poppea

Scene Ten

  • Recitative ‘Ora Ottone, che dici?’ - Poppea, Ottone

  • Aria ‘Pur ch’io ti stringa al sen’ - Ottone

  • Recitative ‘Piega pur del mio cor’ - Poppea

  • Aria ‘Bel piacere’ - Poppea

Scene Eleven

  • Recitative ‘Contanto oso Poppea?’ - Agrippina, Nerone

  • Aria ‘Come nube’ - Nerone

Scene Twelve

  • Recitative ‘Evvi donna piu empia?’ - Pallante, Narciso

Scene Thirteen

  • Recitative ‘Agrippina, Nerone’ - Claudio Pallante, Narciso

Scene Fourteen

  • Recitative ‘Adorato mio sposo’ - Agrippina, Claudio, Pallante, Narciso

  • Aria ‘Se vuoi pace’ - Agrippina

Scene Fifteen

  • Recitative ‘Ecco la mia rivale’ - Agrippina, Poppea, Nerone, Ottone, Claudio

  • Chorus ‘Lieto il Tebro’ - Agrippina, Poppea, Claudio, Nerone, Ottone, Pallante, Narciso, Lesbo, Giunone

Final Scene

  • Recitative ‘D’Ottone e di Poppea’ - Giunone

  • Aria ‘V’accendano le tede’ - Giunone

Ballet

  • Gigue

  • Sarabande

  • Bouree

  • Menuet

  • Passacaille

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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