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Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 1 : Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 1 - Rec. "T'ubbidiro" - No. 15 Aria "Fammi combattere"
by Bejun Mehta
About This Song
About "Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 1 : Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 1 - Rec. "T'ubbidiro" - No. 15 Aria "Fammi combattere"" by Bejun Mehta
A battle cry that masks a tremor: the recitative's obedience melts into an aria of swaggering defiance. Handel gives the countertenor a hero's armor, but the voice's edge betrays the cracks—Fammi combattere is less a war cry than a man daring the world to prove him worthy, each flourish a shield against doubt.