Claudio Monteverdi
'L'incoronazione di Poppea'

Arnalta:

Adagiati, Poppea,
acquietati, anima mia.
Sarai ben custodita.

Oblivion soave
i dolci sentimenti
in te, figlia, addormenti.

Posatevi, occhi ladri:
aperti,deh,che fate,
se chiusi ancor rubate ?

Poppea, rimanti in pace;
luci care e gradite,
dormite homai, dormite.

*Giovanni Francesco Busenello
* * * * *
Lie down,Poppea,
rest,my heart.
You shall be well guarded.

Let gentle oblivion
lull your tender feelings
to sleep,my child.

Close,heartstealing eyes:
what can you do when open,
if closed you can still steal hearts?

Poppea,sleep in peace;
eyes so dear and sweet,
go to sleep now,sleep.
____________________
Teatro d'Amore
de l'Arsenal de Metz

7 X 2009
Philippe Jaroussky
L'Arpeggiata (Christina Pluhar)