DESCRIPTION:
"La rondinella amante"
Aria for 'Corrado' from Vivaldi's opera Griselda

Sung by Iestyn Davies
with Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi

The opera was premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Samuele on May 18, 1735.

The libretto was adapted by Carlo Goldoni from a 1701 Italian libretto by Apostolo Zeno that was based on Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron."

CORRADO:
"La rondinella amante,
lungi dal proprio nio
serba costante e fido
al suo diletto il cor.

Non è possibil mai
cacciar dal proprio petto
il radicato affetto,
il primo dolce amor."

TRANSLATION:
"This loving little swallow
far from his own nest
keeps constant and faithful
to his beloved.

It is never possible
to drive from one's own breast
the deep-seated affection
of the first sweet love."

CD available from Naïve:

http://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Griselda-Antonio/dp/B000GH2WXA

Art by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Watteau

Further research:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_(Vivaldi)

http://www.iestyndavies.com/