“Un’alma innamorata” is a program about…love. Just another recital about love. Well, not exactly. This time nobody is trying to condemn the little arrow-shooting kid. Poor Cupid is no tyrant, no cruel god, no sadist playing darts with human flesh.
We are to blame! Through the series of fortunate and unfortunate events of life, love is one of the most beautiful, yet complicated experiences humans face. And how do we deal with it? We enjoy holding Love itself accountable for our choices and feelings, singing incredibly beautiful arias, but still arguing it’s all its fault! The three well known cantatas “Mi palpita il cor”, “Un’alma innamorata” and “Tu fedel, tu costante”, in an all-Handel line-up, show us another possible way to go: I’m in love…and I must handle it! (Yes, silly pun intended!)."
Francesca Aspromonte