A favorite piece performed by Charlotte Melmoth at concerts. From the opera Artaxerxes by Thomas Arne.

“Disdainful, You Fly Me”

Mrs. Charlotte Melmoth sang this particular song in concerts–one of the few operatic pieces she performed.

“Disdainful You Fly Me”

 

Disdainful You Fly me, in anger exclaim, exclaim

Charlotte Melmoth

All comfort deny me and murther my fame;

No grief can the heart to pity incline,

That bears not a part in sorrow like mine,

Nature’s tender plea in vain

Welcome then my chains again,

My chains again, my chains again, my chains again.

 

O Rigor unjust, O Counsel accurst,

ambition ill plac’d my Virtue disgrac’d,

The Pains I endure Death only can cure,

The Pains I endure, Death only can cure

The pains I endure, Death only can cure,

The Pains I endure Death only can cure.

 

Disdainful you fly me, in anger exclaim, exclaim,

all comfort deny me and murther my Fame

No Grief can the heart to pity incline,

that bears not a part i sorrow like mine,

Nature’s tender plea is vain,

Welcome then my chains again,

My chains again, my chains again.

 

About the Performer:

Barbara Pare

Soprano Barbara Paré has extensive solo and operatic experience, having performed with a variety of nationally-known opera companies, including the OperaTheatre of St. Louis, the Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival, the Ensemble Company of Cincinnati Opera, the Des Moines Metro Opera, and Opera Iowa. Her operatic experience has included roles in staged productions of Cendrillon, Carmen, The Barber of Seville, and The Bartered Bride, and a concert performance of Die Zauberflöte with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed as a soloist with the Cincinnati Ballet, and presented numerous recitals at colleges and universities, including the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Northern Kentucky University, and Western State College.