Moro, Mia Vita

The author of this text
"Dovro dunque morire?"
set here by Giulio Caccini,
is Ottavio Rinunccini,
the first great artist of opera.

As the character dies,
she says to her love,

"Oh grief unheard,
Must I then die, knowing I can't
Say to you, I die, O my life?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqGttNBTS0

Of course I can't listen to this without
thinking of you, Rachel, afraid I'll never
see you again, afraid you'll never know
what you meant to me.