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Giuseppe Belli had high sweet soprano voice and was always described as beautiful or graceful. He became very popular singer in Dresden fast - his popularity rised even more after the premiere of Hasse's opera L'Olimpiade on 16th February 1756 which was the last opera by Hasse performed in Dresden.
The story is set in Ancient Greece during the Olympic Games and is about rivalry in love and characters doing almost all they can do to win their loved one.
Belli played the role of Licida (Lycidas) who is believed to be the son of the king of Crete and is in love with Aristea. However, his best friend Megacle is in love with her as well. In the story of L'Olimpiade Licida even tries to murder the king.
All arias for Belli are really magical in this opera but especially the one of them was viewed as the most beautiful - "Consola il genitore ".
Ernst Ludwig Gerber (German composer and an author of a dictionary of musicians) said that he "moved everyone to tears" with this aria.
Consola il genitore is truly challenging for the singer. Only accompaniment of this piece is harpsichord plus the piece itself is very demanding in terms of intonation and dynamics - some parts also rise to the extreme hights.
(Even though I'm away I've finally posted something . I'm going to draw Belli more in the future for sure ✨If you want to listen to this aria there are 2 beautiful versions - one by Randall Wong and the other beautiful one (also the full version of this aria) is sung by Simone Kermes.)

Description
Giuseppe Belli had high sweet soprano voice and was always described as beautiful or graceful. He became very popular singer in Dresden fast - his popularity rised even more after the premiere of Hasse's opera L'Olimpiade on 16th February 1756 which was the last opera by Hasse performed in Dresden.
The story is set in Ancient Greece during the Olympic Games and is about rivalry in love and characters doing almost all they can do to win their loved one.
Belli played the role of Licida (Lycidas) who is believed to be the son of the king of Crete and is in love with Aristea. However, his best friend Megacle is in love with her as well. In the story of L'Olimpiade Licida even tries to murder the king.
All arias for Belli are really magical in this opera but especially the one of them was viewed as the most beautiful - "Consola il genitore ".
Ernst Ludwig Gerber (German composer and an author of a dictionary of musicians) said that he "moved everyone to tears" with this aria.
Consola il genitore is truly challenging for the singer. Only accompaniment of this piece is harpsichord plus the piece itself is very demanding in terms of intonation and dynamics - some parts also rise to the extreme hights.
(Even though I'm away I've finally posted something . I'm going to draw Belli more in the future for sure ✨If you want to listen to this aria there are 2 beautiful versions - one by Randall Wong and the other beautiful one (also the full version of this aria) is sung by Simone Kermes.)