Ferinelli !!! The Legend !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mvN-WTAY8&feature=em-share_video_user

ARIAS FOR SOPRANO BY: 

RiCCARDO BROSCHI (c.1698-1756)
15:54 - "Ombra fedele anch'io"' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act II, Scene XI, from Opera 'Idaspe'. 
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice.

28:47 - "Qual guerriero in campo armato' (excerpt) : Dario's Solo: Act I, Scene XVI, from Opera 'Idaspe'
Libretto by G. P. Candi and Domenico Lalli, 1730, Venice

44:31 - "Son qual nave ch'agitata" (excerpt) : Arbace's Solo, from Opera 'Artaserse' 
London, 1734, in collaboration with J.A.Hasse.Libretto by Pietro Metastasio 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Broschi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaserse

JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE (1699 - 1783)
57:59 - ​"Generoso risvegliati, o core" (excerpt) : Poro's Solo: Act II, Scene 4, from Opera 'Cleofide' (Alessandro nell'Indie)
(aria for male soprano sung by 'Farinelli' at 1731 a Venice)
Libretto by Michelangelo Boccardi after Pietro Metastasio. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adolph_Hasse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleofide

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)
1:19:07 - "Lascia ch'io pianga" (excerpt) : Almirena's Solo: Act II, Scene IV, from Opera Rinaldo at King's Theatre, London 1711.
Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinaldo

1:20:34 - "Cara Sposa" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene VII, from Opera 'Rinaldo' at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

1:24:28 - "Venti turbini" (excerpt) : Rinaldo's Solo: Act I, Scene IX, from Rinaldo's Opera at King's Theatre, London 1711. Libretto by Aaron Hill (1685-1750), translated by Giacomo Rossi.

NICOLA PORPORA (1686 -1768)
1:40:02 - "Alto Giove, è Tua Grazia" (excerpt) : Acis Solo: Act III, Scene V, from Opera 'Polifemo' at King's Theatre.
Libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, London, 1735,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpora
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Porpora

1:46:41 - Instrumental of Aria "Se Al Labbro Mio Non Crede", from Artaserse's Opera by Riccardo Broschi/ J.A.Hasse, sung by "Farinelli" in London at 'Opera Of The Nobility, 1734.


FARINELLI'S VOICE provides by:
Soprano: Ewa Mallas-Godlewska and Male Alto: Derek Lee Ragin, who were recorded separately then digitally merged to recreate the 'sound voice' of a Castrato.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewa_Mallas-Godlewska
http://www.derekleeragin.net/