Ombra mai fu - Arno Argos opera Serse by George Frideric Handel

Ombra mai fu - Arno Argos opera Serse by George Frideric Handel

"Ombra mai fu" is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel.
Arno Argos Raunig - Sopranist, The Opera Singer
From album "Back To The Past"
http://arnoargos.com/music/back-to-th...

The title translates from the Italian as "Never was a shade". It is sung by the main character, Xerxes I of Persia, admiring the shade of a plane tree.

Ombra mai fu

Frondi tenere e belle
del mio platano amato
per voi risplenda il fato.
Tuoni, lampi, e procelle
non v'oltraggino mai la cara pace,
né giunga a profanarvi austro rapace.

Ombra mai fu
di vegetabile,
cara ed amabile,
soave più.