24 Italian Arias -- Tu lo sai
Tu lo sai
Giuseppe Torelli
(1658 - 1709)
I am learning 24 Italian Arias in 24 weeks. (See Avocational Singer blog post: "24 Italian Songs and Arias in 24 Weeks") This is the product of about week's work on a song I have worked on in previous years in a lower key, "Tu lo sai." Stay tuned every Friday for a new aria each week in this performance space.
Tu lo sai quanto t'amai;
tu lo sai, crudel!
Io non bramo altra mercé,
ma ricordati di me,
e poi sprezza un infedel!
You know how much I loved you
you know it, cruel one!
I wish no other mercy
than that you remember me
and then despise me an unfaithful one!
