Organization

Princeton Festival

Conductor

Rossen Milanov

Singer

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Soloist

Orchestra

Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Princeton

United States

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall

Anthony Roth Costanzo: Lumina Shekhar (+3 More)

Public

Lumina

Arminio

Symphony No. 4

Love Story

Approved

"Inumano fratel" and "Stille amare" by G.F Handel performed by Anthony Roth Costanzo from his album ARC. Order and listen to ARC out on Decca Gold here: https://deccagold.lnk.to/ARC

By G.F. Handel
Performed with Jonathan Cohen / Les Violons du Roy
Directed by James Ivory and Pix Talarico

Follow Anthony Roth Costanzo: Facebook: https://DeccaGold.lnk.to/ARCFacebook
Twitter: https://DeccaGold.lnk.to/ARCTwitter
Instagram: https://DeccaGold.lnk.to/ARCInstagram
Website: https://DeccaGold.lnk.to/ARCweb

“Inumano fratel” / “Stille Amare” (Tolomeo) lyrics

“Inumano fratel” (Tolomeo)
Inumano fratel, barbara madre,
ingiusto Araspe, dispietata Elisa,
Numi, o furie del Ciel, Cielo nemico,
implacabil destin, tiranna sorte,
tutti, tutti v’invito
a gustare il piacer della mia morte.
Ma tu, consorte amata,
non pianger, no, mentre che lieto spiro;
basta che ad incontrar l’anima mia,
quando uscirà dal sen, mandi un sospiro.

Inhuman brother, barbarous mother,
unjust Araspe, pitiless Elisa.
gods, or furies of heaven, hostile heaven,
implacable destiny, tyrannical fate,
all of you, I invite all of you
to taste the pleasure of my death.
But you, my cherished lover,
don’t cry, no, for I am happy;
let it be enough that when you encounter my soul
leaving my breast, you send a sigh.

“Stille amare” (Tolomeo)

Stille amare, già vi sento
tutte in seno, la morte chiamar.
Già vi sento smorzare il tormento,
già vi sento tornarmi a bear.

Bitter drops, I already feel you
in my chest beckoning death.
I already feel you extinguishing my torment,
I already feel you returning me to happiness.

© 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Music video by Anthony Roth Costanzo performing Handel: Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto HWV 25 / Act 3 - Inumano fratel / Aria: Stille amare. © 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Handel: Tolomeo, Re d'Egitto HWV 25 / Act 3 - Inumano fratel / Aria: Stille amare

Key Notes Musical notes

Nina Shekhar, currently a PhD candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University, is already seeing success in her early career: her piece Lumina received an ASCAP Foundation prize in 2021.
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is best known for his recent turn in the title role of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten in its two runs at the Metropolitan Opera. Gregory Spears’ Love Story is inspired by a poem by 22nd US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
Tchaikovsky wrote of his fourth symphony “Never yet has any of my orchestral works cost me so much labour, but I’ve never yet felt such love for any of my things.…Perhaps I’m mistaken, but it seems to me that this symphony is better than anything I’ve done so far.”

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble