Credeva che la fiamma

Giovanni Leonardo Mollica's Credeva che la fiamma is a secular madrigal for two sopranos and tenor. The text paints a picture of misguided hope: the singer believed that absence would extinguish love's flame and that night would bring rest from thoughts of their beloved. However, they discover the opposite is true. Love's fire burns more fiercely with distance, and the night offers no solace, only intensified longing and pain. This illusion that the torment would pass proves false, leading to a resigned conclusion: it is better to die in the arms of the beloved than to endure such suffering apart. The three-part texture allows for intimate declamation of this poignant, dramatic text.