"La rondinella amante" Aria for 'Corrado' from Vivaldi's opera Griselda Sung by Iestyn Davies with Ensemble Matheus under Jean-Christophe Spinosi The opera was premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Samuele on May 18, 1735. The libretto was adapted by Carlo Goldoni from a 1701 Italian libretto by Apostolo Zeno that was based on Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron." CORRADO: "La rondinella amante, lungi dal proprio nio serba costante e fido al suo diletto il cor. Non è possibil mai cacciar dal proprio petto il radicato affetto, il primo dolce amor." TRANSLATION: "This loving little swallow far from his own nest keeps constant and faithful to his beloved. It is never possible to drive from one's own breast the deep-seated affection of the first sweet love." CD available from Naïve: http://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Griselda-Antonio/dp/B000GH2WXA Art by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Watteau Further research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_(Vivaldi) http://www.iestyndavies.com/