Ombra mai fu - Arno Argos opera Serse by George Frideric Handel<br /><br />"Ombra mai fu" is the opening aria from the 1738 opera Serse by George Frideric Handel.<br />Arno Argos Raunig - Sopranist, The Opera Singer<br />From album "Back To The Past"<br />http://arnoargos.com/music/back-to-th...<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Ombra mai fu<br /><br />Frondi tenere e belle<br />del mio platano amato<br />per voi risplenda il fato.<br />Tuoni, lampi, e procelle<br />non v'oltraggino mai la cara pace,<br />né giunga a profanarvi austro rapace.<br /><br />Ombra mai fu<br />di vegetabile,<br />cara ed amabile,<br />soave più.<br />
