An example of the futility of asking Love for help Lidio is unfaithful…again…still? In RARA format with a sensuous first aria and an allegro finish with dramatic sighing pauses.
Source: MSS in LBL and I Nc

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source BL Add 14226 f 20r – 23v

Beautifully crafted arias with very sensible recitatives discuss an interesting excuse for infedelity. "I want to love you, but cruel jealousy makes me stray!"

Range: e’ – a”

Editor: James Sanderson

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very attractive cantata from BL MS Add 14215 which expounds the plight of the lover of Dorinda (la bella) and has a great gasping aria to end.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: BL Add 38036 ff 89r – 94r<br>
A cantata dedicated to the little green demon of jealousy! Three excellent arias, particularly the first and some extensive and carefully crafted recitative. From a collection dated 1706, at least know the latest date it could have been written!

Range: d’ – g”

Editor: James Sanderson

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Jealousy as the Mother of Tears is the theme of this very worthwhile cantata by the Neapolitan master. In RARA format, wonderfully expressive and tormented recitatives, a stunning Largo first aria and a fiery last aria.

Source: Biblioteca del Conservatorio di musica S. Pietro a Majella – Napoli: 33.3.33 (21).

Editor: James Sanderson

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The treachery of Cupid is once the again a hot topic in this RARA format cantata. With two excellent arias which challenge both continuo and singer, this is an interesting addition to our catalogue. <br>
Source: Münster Santini Sammlung HS 864(13) <br>
Range: a – d’

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Source: BL Add MS 14213 ff 132r – 135r<br>
An exciting piece from a very clear copy (a welcome rarity in Mancini’s case!) Among the soft feathers the lover rests his soul and dreams of wicked spiteful Clori again! Why do they keep coming back for more? 2 recit and 2 aria (allegretto and allegro) format<br>
Range: b flat – e’ flat

Editor: James Sanderson

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A marvellous work by Mancini in RARA format – the recitatives are extensive and harmonically complex. The subject deals with infidelity and starts with the (female) protagonist railing at Lidio, calling him unfaithful, liar etc. The last aria ends, however, with the decision to match his betrayal with her own! <br>
Source: Münster HS 2459(12) <br>
Range: a – d’

Editor: James Sanderson

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Love honest and faithful? Really? This delightful cantata in RARARA format puts forward the theory that Love would be a truly wonderful thing, were it not for the fire of jealousy! Very well-drafted, each aria has a particular mood and the recitatvies are full of fun inflections and some lovely chromatic writing.

Editor: James Sanderson

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Source: 2 copies in the British Library

This is not a cantata to win friends and influence people within the ‘feminist movement’. The final (strangely written) aria uses the text: You are a woman, so I expect you to be inconstant and unfaithful, but I forgive you; I am a man and will fall in love with other women, just enjoy it!. It’s either a very modern marriage or slightly insulting, you decide. In two recit and aria format, the arias both largo and without ritornelli.<br>
Range: d – g’

Editor: James Sanderson

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