Venanzio Rauzzini: L'eroe cinese -
Siveno's aria: "Ti leggo in volto"
(Les castrats au temps de Mozart, Track 7)
François Boucher, Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour (detail), 1756, Oil on canvas, 201 x 157 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
| Ti leggo in volto un dolce affetto, eppur costretto sono a partir. Ah! se lasciarti sol penso oh Dio L'affano mio mi fa morir. | I read in your face a sweet affection, and yet I am forced to depart. Ah! if I even think of leaving you I am tormented to death. |
Text from CD insert.