By
George Frideric Handel
"Ombra mai fu" is the opening aria from George Frideric Handel's opera Serse (1738), often referred to as "Handel's Largo." It is sung by the main character, Xerxes I of Persia, as he admires the shade of a plane tree.
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by:
John Holiday
Handel's famous ode to a tree comes alive with insights from American countertenor, John Holiday.
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