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Imeneo, HWV 41, Act II Scene 4: Imeneo, lieto in viso tutto - Scene 5: Sembra un fanciullo, Amore
by Beverly Hoch
About This Song
About "Imeneo, HWV 41, Act II Scene 4: Imeneo, lieto in viso tutto - Scene 5: Sembra un fanciullo, Amore" by Beverly Hoch
Handel's pastoral masque unfurls with Beverly Hoch's silvery soprano, where Imeneo's radiant visage masks a quiet unease. The orchestral texture glimmers like sunlight on water, yet beneath the wedding hymn lies a shadow—a tension between ceremonial joy and private doubt that Hoch captures with crystalline precision.