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Was listening to a very beautiful (and difficult) aria of Griselda (1735), by Antonio Vivaldi: Agitated by two wings.
https://journalofmusic.com/news/its...as-its-challenges-emma-morwood-arias-griselda
"(...) Like the violin concertos, the opera too has exciting writing for strings, but there’s one surprise: he expects the singers to do what a violin does.
‘It’s very challenging,’ soprano Emma Morwood told the Journal of Music. ‘It challenges all of the singers… it is slightly violinistic… with the repeated notes and the range that’s required.’ Morwood, from Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland but now based in Edinburgh, has the role of Costanza and has the most famous aria from the opera, ‘Agitata da due venti’ (‘Agitated by two winds’), which is also one of the most difficult. (...)
'The work requires runs of semi-quavers and dozens of repeated notes, as well as a range going from the G below middle C right up to a high B-flat. The key to learning it, says Morwood, was to give it time.I’ve been working on these arias for quite a long time… It’s getting it into your body… You need to get the muscular memory and the strength. (...)"
Amazing performance of Cecilia Bartoli:
https://journalofmusic.com/news/its...as-its-challenges-emma-morwood-arias-griselda
"(...) Like the violin concertos, the opera too has exciting writing for strings, but there’s one surprise: he expects the singers to do what a violin does.
‘It’s very challenging,’ soprano Emma Morwood told the Journal of Music. ‘It challenges all of the singers… it is slightly violinistic… with the repeated notes and the range that’s required.’ Morwood, from Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland but now based in Edinburgh, has the role of Costanza and has the most famous aria from the opera, ‘Agitata da due venti’ (‘Agitated by two winds’), which is also one of the most difficult. (...)
'The work requires runs of semi-quavers and dozens of repeated notes, as well as a range going from the G below middle C right up to a high B-flat. The key to learning it, says Morwood, was to give it time.I’ve been working on these arias for quite a long time… It’s getting it into your body… You need to get the muscular memory and the strength. (...)"
Amazing performance of Cecilia Bartoli: