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Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 5: Arrêtez, nymphe trop sévère (Alphée, Aréthuse)
About This Song
About "Proserpine, LWV 58, Act I Scene 5: Arrêtez, nymphe trop sévère (Alphée, Aréthuse)" by Christophe Rousset
Alphée's plea chases Aréthuse through a landscape of longing, the duet a push-and-pull of desire and refusal. Rousset captures the chase in quivering strings and breathless cadences—sweet pursuit shadowed by menace, the river god's ardor a rising tide.