CCCLXXVIb. HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Act II
Scene I
25. Recitativo
Numi, pietà (Gods, have mercy)
Celia, Fileno, Nerima
Scene II
(Recitativo)
Pur ti ritrovo alfine (While I find you at last)
Melibeo, Nerima, Lindoro
Celia is rescued by shepherds. Melibeo takes stock of the situation. If he could make a match between Nerima and Fileno that would Celia free for Lindoro and then he can claim Amaranta. He encourages Nerima to use her charm on Fileno and allows her to release him from his bonds. Fileno is at first grateful, but seeing Celia with Lindoro pretends ardent love for Nerima to spite Celia. She remonstrates with Nerima who advises that she forget Fileno.
26. Aria
Non vi adegnate (Do not commit yourselves)
Lindoro
27. Recitativo
E chi potrà soffrire (And who will suffer)
Nerima, Melibeo
Scene III
(Recitativo)
Non odo (I do not hear)
Amaranta, Perruchetto, Melibeo
Scene IV
(Recitativo)
A me simile affronto! (Such an affront to me!)
Melibeo, Nerima
28. Aria
Sappi, che la bellezza (Know, that beauty)
Melibeo
Scene V
29. Recitativo
Venga Fileno pur (Come Fileno, as well)
30. Aria
Se da' begli occhi tuoi (If you give your beautiful eyes)
Fileno
Fileno resolves to stab himself, but first carves a message of love to Celia on a tree trunk. However in doing this he breaks his dagger, so determines instead to throw himself off a cliff.
Scene VI
31. Recitativo
Già la fera è ne' lacci (Already laced up)
Nerima, Lindoro, Celia
32. Aria
Volgi pure ad altr'oggetto (Turn to something else)
Nerima
Scene VII
Recitativo
Ah quali acerbi detti! (Ah, what bitter sayings)
Celia, Lindoro
Scene VIII
(Recitativo)
Ecco, amici, le selve (Here friends, the woods)
Melibeo, Amaranta, Perruchetto, Lindoro, Fileno
As Fileno is about to throw himself off a cliff, the hunt assembles in honour of Diana. Perruchetto enters pursued by a bear, followed by Amaranta fleeing a boar. Perruchetto takes refuge in a tree; Amaranta faints just as Fileno kills the boar. When she comes around, Perruchetto claims that he saved her, but the boar is borne off to the temple.
As Fileno is about to throw himself off a cliff, the hunt assembles in honour of Diana. Perruchetto enters pursued by a bear, followed by Amaranta fleeing a boar. Perruchetto takes refuge in a tree; Amaranta faints just as Fileno kills the boar. When she comes around, Perruchetto claims that he saved her, but the boar is borne off to the temple.
34. Chorus of Hunters
Più la belva nel bosco non freme (The beast in the woods does not tremble anymore)
35. Recitativo
Al tempio (At the temple)
Melibeo, Lindoro, Perruchetto, Amaranta
36. Aria
Di questo audace ferro (Of this bold iron)
Perruchetto
37. Chorus of Hunters
Più la belva nel bosco non freme (The beast in the woods does not tremble anymore)
Scene IX
38a. Recitative accompagnato
Bastano, bastoni i pianti (Tears are enough)
Fileno
38b. Aria e Recitativo accompagnato
Recida il ferro istesso (Cut the iron itself)
Fileno
Scene X
39a. Recitativo
Amica, favellasti con Fileno? (Friend, did you talk to Fileno)
Celia, Nerima
39b. Recitativo accompagnato
Ah come il core (Ah, like the heart)
Celia
39c. Aria
Ombra del caro bene (Shadow of the dear heart)
Celia
Celia finds the message on the tree and seeks solitude in a cave. Melibeo, seeing this, changes his plan again: if Nerima can lure Perruchetto into the cave with Celia, they can be "framed" as lovers and sent to the monster. This is accomplished and the pair are robed as sacrificial victims. Thunder proclaims the wrath of Diana.
Scene XI
40. Recitativo
E Fileno? (And Fileno?)
Melibeo, Nerima
Scene XII
Recitativo
Ah tu, pietoso amore (Ah you, pitiful love)
Ah tu, pietoso amore (Ah you, pitiful love)
Nerima, Perruchetto
Scene XIII
(Recitativo)
Ecco, esequiti sono i cenni tuoi (These are the signs)
Nerima, Melibeo, Aramanta, Lindoro
41a. Recitativo accompagnato
Barbaro conte (Barbarian Count)
Amaranta
41b. Aria
Dell' amor mio fedele (Of my faithful love)
Amaranta
Scene XIV
42. Recitativo
Ah temo, il tu periglio (Ah, I'm afraid for your peril)
Nerima, Melibeo, Fileno, Lindoro
43. Finale
Quel silenzio e quelli pianti (That silence and those who are crying)
Nerima, Fileno, Lindoro
(Finale)
Si vada . . . si soccorra (Let's go . . . help)
Amaranta, Nerima, Fileno, Lindoro
(Finale)
Queste due vittime (These two victims)
Amaranta, Nerima, Fileno, Lindoro, Melibeo
(Finale)
Perfido cielo ingrato! (Perfidious ungrateful heaven!)
Amaranta, Nerima, Celia, Fileno, Lindoro, Perruchetto, Melibeo
(Finale)
Via si vada (Go away)
Amaranta, Nerima, Celia, Fileno, Lindoro, Perruchetto, Melibeo
Act III
Scene I
44. Recitativo
Del mio Fileno in odio (I hate my Fileno)
Celia, Fileno
45. Duetto
Ah se tu vuoi, ch'io viva (Ah, if you want me to live)
Celia, Fileno
Scene II
46. Recitativo
Pastori, in sulla sponda (Shepherds, in on the shore)
Scene III
(Recitativo)
Amici, olà, fermate (Friends, stop)
Amaranta, Melibeo, Lindoro, Perruchetto
Scene IV
(Recitativo)
Ah pietà (Oh pity)
Lindoro, Melibeo
Scene V
(Recitativo)
Chi vide mai nel mondo (Who ever saw in this world)
Lindoro
Scene VI
(Recitativo)
Misera, è questo il lago (This is the miserable lake)
Amaranta, Perruchetto
Amaranta, Perruchetto
Scene VII
(Recitativo)
Pastori, il suo flagello (Shepherds, his scrouge)
Melibeo, Celia, Perruchetto, Amaranta
Scene VIII
(Recitativo)
Amici, si sospenda (Friends, stop)
Fileno, Celia, Amaranta, Lindoro, Melibeo, Perruchetto
Scene IX
47a. Recitativo accompagnato
Misero me! (Wretched me!)
Melibeo, Celia, Amaranta, Fileno, Lindoro, Perruchetto, Diana
The victims take leave of their real lovers. At the last moment Fileno decides to sacrifice his own life to save Celia. As he offers himself to the monster, it transforms into Diana who accepts the purity and selflessness of his act and for evre absolves Cumae from the fatal curse. Apart from Melibeo, struck down by Diana's arrows, the opera ends happily with the union of Celia and Fileno, Amaranta and Perruchetto, and Nerina and Lindoro.
47b. Chorus
Quanto più diletta (How much more beloved)
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