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Crud' Amarilli
Staff Notation • Secular, Arias
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Crud' Amarilli by Johann Nauwach — Lyrics
Cruda Amarilli, che col nome ancora,
d’amar, ahi lasso! amaramente insegni;
Amarilli, del candido ligustro
più candida e più bella,
ma de l’aspido sordo
e più sorda e più fera e più fugace;
poi ché col dir t’offendo,
i’ mi morrò tacendo.
Ma grideran per me le piaggie, e i monti
e questa selva, a cui
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About Crud' Amarilli
Johann Nauwach’s Cruda Amarilli paints a picture of intense unrequited love, with the poet lamenting that even the name of his beloved, Amarilli, paradoxically signifies bitterness. He describes her beauty but declares her deaf to his pleas and more savage than a viper. If his words offend her, he will die in silence, but the natural world will cry out on his behalf. The rivers will weep, the winds will murmur his laments, and his sorrow will be visible on his face. Even in death, his suffering will be revealed. This striking solo aria in Italian offers a deeply emotional and dramatic expression of pain and longing, set for a single voice.
