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Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a : Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a: "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa"
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About "Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a : Handel: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a: "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa"" by Cecilia Bartoli
Handel's allegory of time and disillusion unfolds as Bartoli plucks the rose, leaving the thorn. Her mezzo coils with Baroque precision, balancing sensual bloom and moral sting. The aria's gentle lilt masks a quiet renunciation—pleasure's perfume fading into sacred resolve.
