Lascia chio pianga from the Opera Rinaldo Rinaldo was the first opera Georg Friederich Händel produced for London and the first Italian opera composed specifically for the London stage. Even now its still one of his most performed operas. In the aria Lascia chio Pianga sings kidnapped Almirena, the beloved of Rinaldo, her tragic fate in the enchanted garden of Armida (the ally of Rinaldos rival Argante). The melody of this beautiful aria is known worldwide and for example used in the soundtrack of the movie Farinelli. French arranger Bruno Peterschmitt arranged this aria for a Horn Quartet
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