“Voglio piangere” aria for Maddalena from the oratorio
La Maddalena a’ piedi di Cristo (1690)
by Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747)
Lavinia Bertotti, Maddalena with Ensemble Concerto under Roberto Gini
Voglio piangere,
sin che frangere possa
il nodo che mi lega.
Sempre il cielo
apparve amico a’ desiri,
a’ sospiri d’un alma che prega.
I want to weep,
till I can break
the knot that holds me bound.
Heaven seems ever
to be receptive towards
the wishes and
the sighs of a soul that prays.
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Various artists’ depictions of Mary Magdalene:
[0:05] Guido Reni (1575-1642)
[0:38] Jan Boeckhorst (c. 1604-668)
[1:05] Titian (c. 1488-1576)
[1:25] Annibale Carracci (1560–1609)
[1:38] Guido Reni (1575-1642)
[1:52] Guido Reni (1575-1642)
[2:08] Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)
[2:22] Domenico Tintoretto (1560-1635)
[2:40] Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901)
[3:00] Giovanni Antonio Galli, “lo Spadarino” (1595 – 1652)
[3:12] Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464)
[3:32] Giampietrino, probably Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (active 1495–1549)
[4:00] José de Ribera (1591–1652)
[4:15] Guido Reni (1575-1642)
DARWIN'S TREE 