Ombra mai fu starts at at 02:59. Donna Leon presented Philippe Jaroussky with his Echo Klassik award in 2012, and PJ gave his thanks in a very charming German. Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conducted by Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko. *** DEAR COPYRIGHT HOLDER, if you have any problems with this being on YouTube, please contact me, and I will remove it immediately. Thank you!

Ombra mai fu is an aria from G. F. Haendel's opera "Serse". In it, Xerxes admires the shade of his beloved plane tree.

Never was a shade
of any plant
dearer and more lovely,
or more sweet.